hg option not working

[kandolfp]

The --hg option is ignored in latexdiff-vc. I used a workaround by inserting $vc="HG"; on line 148 but there is definitely a better way.
With this fix I also get the error message can't find file to patch at input line 4 that is solved by retyping the file name when prompted to.
I'm running:

• Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 4.1.1) with BitBucket
• LATEXDIFF-VC 1.1.1 but the bug is also in the current version

[ftilmann]

The first problem was a silly omission, which should now be fixed. The second issue looks slightly more complicated. I have to confess to be almost completely unfamiliar with hg - this functionality was contributed by @junghans back in 2015, and it seemed to work for him but I never actually tested it myself. The only way to realistically reproduce your bug report and eventually fix the problem would be if you could prepare a tar package of the directory where this error occurs (ideally reduced to an MWE) including the hidden .hg subdirectory, and the exact sequence of commands that produces the error.

[kandolfp]

Thanks for the quick fix! I know hg is the most common so I’m gratefull that you look into it. Anyway, the second issue occurs when you have a subfolder and run latexdiff-vc in the subfolder. MWE: - create repo - create file text.tex (with some latex content) - create folder test - create file testsub.tex (with some latex content) - commit - change the two files and run the code as shown below (replace 54... by your revision number) First run

latexdiff-vc —hg -r 54a65557bc70 test.tex

This results in:

Working on test.tex patching file test.tex Running: latexdiff "test-oldtmp-28354.tex" "test.tex" > "test-diff54a65557bc70.tex" Generated difference file test-diff54a65557bc70.tex

Change the folder end retry with testsub.tex

cd tex latexdiff-vc —hg -r 54a65557bc70 testsub.tex

This results in:

Working on testsub.tex can't find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -r 54a65557bc70 tex/testsub.tex |--- a/tex/testsub.tex Mon Apr 03 23:55:09 2017 +0200 |+++ b/tex/testsub.tex Mon Apr 03 23:58:02 2017 +0200 -------------------------- File to patch:

If you type: testsub.tex you get

patching file testsub.tex Running: latexdiff "testsub-oldtmp-28366.tex" "testsub.tex" > "testsub-diff54a65557bc70.tex" Generated difference file testsub-diff54a65557bc70.tex

I hope this example is understandable. Btw. the -r option without specifying a revision does not work either.

[junghans]

Hmm, I guess I never tried using -r without a revision, e.g.

latexdiff-vs -r myfile.tex

Maybe we should a test case along the lines:

for vs in git hg; do
  type -p $vs || continue
  $vs init xxx
  cd xxx
  $vs add somefile.tex
  $vs commit -m "initial commit"
  sed -i 's/text/text text/' somefile.tex
  latexdiff-vs -r somefile.tex
done

[kandolfp]

I think it is enough to insert `tip` in this case (for hg)

latexdiff-vc —hg -r myfile.tex

should become

latexdiff-vc —hg -r tip myfile.tex

Am 04.04.2017 um 01:53 schrieb Christoph Junghans <[email protected]>:

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Hmm, I guess I never tried using -r without a revision, e.g. latexdiff-vs -r myfile.tex Maybe we should a test case along the lines: for vs in git hg; do type -p $vs || continue $vs init xxx cd xxx $vs add somefile.tex $vs commit -m "initial commit" sed -i 's/text/text text/' somefile.tex latexdiff-vs -r somefile.tex done — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[junghans]

@kandolfp: Try #94, it should fix the remaining two issues.

[kandolfp]

Works like a charm, thanks! Am 04.04.2017 um 14:48 schrieb Christoph Junghans <[email protected]>:

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@kandolfp: Try #94, it should fix the remaining two issues. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[ftilmann]

@junghans thanks for this patch; I am glad this could be fixed so quickly