Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

[Kai Kaminski]

> I usually have just one working copy. If I come across a problem, I 
> fix it and try to recompile. If it works, fine. But if I should submit 
> a "diff -Naur" patch I need the old an the new file. The old file is 
> gone, of course, so I need a checkout of a second (original) working 
> copy to be able to "diff -Naur". I believe that that is completely 
> unnecessary, because the SVN working copy as well as the tla working 
> copy have the original files stored either in .svn or in the {arch} 
> subdirectories.
>
> I just don't know how I would use "diff" in a convenient way. Could 
> somebody suggest something and put it onto the Wiki?
>
> http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/HowToSubmitPatches
I don't have Subversion installed right now, so I can't check wether 
this actually works, but according to the documentation the following 
should do the trick:

svn diff --diff-cmd /usr/bin/diff -x "-Naur" some.foo.pamphlet

Of course, it is possible to specify the revisions to compare etc. For 
more details, see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/re09.html.

Kai

PS: If this is what you've been looking for, I'll put it on the wiki.