Re: [RFC] Configurable default "force" mode for 'svn diff'

2013-05-03 Thread C. Michael Pilato
On 04/19/2013 12:47 PM, C. Michael Pilato wrote: >>> I found that this can be done with the svn command line tools. However, >>> --force must be used. Without --force, svn will see that the file has >>> svn:mime-type prop set to application/octet-stream and refuse to do >>> anything to a binary fil

Re: [RFC] Configurable default "force" mode for 'svn diff'

2013-04-19 Thread C. Michael Pilato
On 04/19/2013 12:56 PM, Watson, Paul wrote: You know, in light of the fact you can use the runtime configuration to establish the constant use of an external diff tool, it seems that it would be beneficial to have another configuration knob that means "My external diff tool can

RE: [RFC] Configurable default "force" mode for 'svn diff' (was: External diff based on mime-type)

2013-04-19 Thread Watson, Paul
>>>You know, in light of the fact you can use the runtime configuration to >>>establish the constant use of an external diff tool, it seems that it would >>>be beneficial to have another configuration knob that means "My external >>>diff tool can handle binary files, too, so please assume --forc

[RFC] Configurable default "force" mode for 'svn diff' (was: External diff based on mime-type)

2013-04-19 Thread C. Michael Pilato
>> I found that this can be done with the svn command line tools. However, >> --force must be used. Without --force, svn will see that the file has >> svn:mime-type prop set to application/octet-stream and refuse to do >> anything to a binary file. > > I nearly suggested this earlier, but my testi