Re: Meld "bug" when using git

[Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>]

On 22 June 2010 01:47, Smith, Mark E CTR USAF AFMC AEDC/ATA
<Mark E Smith arnold af mil> wrote:
> I have discovered that if I attempt to use meld to diff a file in a git
> working directory I must be in the "root" directory. If am lower in the
> directory tree the diff does not work and I get a dialog that says
> "Invoking 'patch' failed." I have traced the problem to lines 495-498 in
> vcview.py. The problem is in the attempt to copy the file from the
> working directory to the temporary directory where the baseline file
> will be re-created using the patch. The path name to the file in the git
> diff patch includes the path relative to the working directory root.
> When the copy is attempted the file cannot be found.
>
> I considered fixing the problem myself, but I was not sure what the
> proper solution would be.

Hi Mark,

This bug has been fixed in the recently-released Meld 1.3.2. For the
patch, see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611744
though there were several other fixes to git support, so I'd recommend
upgrading.

cheers,
Kai