Re: docs to svn business

Hi Simion, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Simion Onea <simionea@gmail.com> wrote: > > For example let's say that I (as a translator) took a vacation for two > weeks. During this time a file has been updated and committed four > times. When I return the system indicates that the file has changed. But > it is not enough for me to know. I must know precisely what changes > occurred in the English file between the current revision and four > revisions back so I can update the translated file accordingly. > Otherwise I must review the entire file, which is not practical to say > the least :-) > If this is the case, does "svn diff" help you? Let's say just before your vacation, the en-file is in revision 101. After you back to online, the en-file revision is in 105. You may issue "svn diff -r 101:105 en-file "and you get the "size" of differences. > > The difference between revision numbers gives a false impression about > how far out of sync a file is. A more important indicator would be the > size of the "diff". > > kschan -- i, have a dream. i want to make my dream come true. anyway, OLPC rocks! http://mr.kschan.googlepages.com