SVN diff with external tools
This is pretty much a note to self, but here it goes anyway. I’m comfortable 99% of the time using command line SVN when I’m on Linux, but there’s one thing that I really missed and that was using a GUI to diff files, it makes the work soooo much easier.
Since my favorite diff tool has now a Linux version I thought it was about time. It didn’t take me long to find out this post.
#1 Install Beyond Compare for Linux
#2 Create this script and save into /usr/bin:
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#!/bin/bash
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/usr/bin/bcompare $6 $7 &
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exit 0
#3 Edit ~/.subversion/config adding this into the Helpers section (not at the end of the file):
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diff-cmd=/usr/bin/bcompare_svn
#4 Done. Now when you type svn diff /path/to/file it launches Beyond Compare.
Sweet.