[jira] [Resolved] (SVN-1778) [python] FileDiff broken on Windows

"Daniel Sahlberg (Jira)" <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:54:00 +0000 (UTC)
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     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-1778?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Daniel Sahlberg resolved SVN-1778.
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    Fix Version/s: 1.10.x
       Resolution: Fixed

The internal diff implementation is included since 1.10. The improved error message and docstring will be included in 1.15

> [python] FileDiff broken on Windows
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SVN-1778
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-1778
>             Project: Subversion
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: bindings_swig_python
>    Affects Versions: all
>         Environment: Windows 2000
>            Reporter: Subversion Importer
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 1.10.x, 1.15
>
>
> {noformat:nopanel=true}
> In function get_pipe, class FileDiff spawns a "diff" process, but usually no
> "diff.exe" executable is available under Windows, so the FileDiff class might be
> completely non-functional on most Win installation. Maybe using Python difflib
> calls could be a better solution.
> {noformat}
> Original issue reported by *iaanus*



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