svn and xxdiff

svn and xxdiff don't play nice, so i wrote a little python script to clean up the args svn gives to an external diff. svnxxdiff: #!/usr/bin/env python import os import sys as = sys.argv i = as.index('-L') as[i] = '--title1' as[i+1] = '"'+as[i+1]+'"' i = as.index('-L') as[i] = '--title2' as[i+1] = '"'+as[i+1]+'"' as[0] = 'xxdiff' as.remove('-u') os.system(' '.join(as)) this alias saves some typing: alias svndiff 'svn diff --diff-cmd ~/local/bin/svnxxdiff'

EDIT: or i could just use tkdiff, part of the tkcvs package. it's smart enough to compare against latest repository version if there's only one file arg.