FileMerge and line-end filter
FileMerge and line-end filter
- Subject: FileMerge and line-end filter
- From: Roel de Jong <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:14:41 +0100
Hi All,
I would like to add a filter to FileMerge, such that it does not
consider files different if only their line-end convention differ. In
particular, when a file has DOS (Cr-Lf) line-ends, I always convert to
Unix linefeeds, but want FileMerge to ignore this difference when I use
it to compare my work with original source trees, or with updates from
people who use other editors.
To achieve this, I tried a filter spec like:
/usr/bin/tr -d "\r" <$(FILE)
but FileMerge now gives the following error message:
"Filter /usr/bin/tr -d "\r" <$(FILE) is not working
properly. The number of newlines cannot change as
a result of filtering"
This message results when directly comparing files. When comparing
directories, FileMerge just judges all pairs of filtered files equal,
even if they have real changes in their text.
Is there a way to solve this?
--
Roel de Jong
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