[SVN-1903] svn diff text engine should ignore DOS-style Unix EOL's

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: unscheduled
• Component/s: libsvn_diff
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 02/Jun/04 06:22
• Updated: 05/Oct/05 16:48
• Resolved: 05/Oct/05 16:48

Description

I am developing in a group with some programmers who use Windows and most who
use *nix. One annoyance I frequently run into happens when a Windows developer
saves a code file using a Windows app that silently adds DOS-style newlines to
the file. When the code file is checked in, svn flags every single line of the
file as a diff. Consequently, when there is a conflict, merging becomes
extremely frustrating, as you have to manually examine every line for a change.

How would people here feel about making the diff engine a bit more intelligent,
so it can detect and ignore line differences when the only difference is the
newline character?

Sorry, I am new here. I am filing under libsvn_diff, but please fix it if that
is the wrong module.

Original issue reported by robolange