GitLab

It would be very useful to compare current folder state with a specific revision. For example, if one needs to review changes made to a branch.

It seems that meld already has some related code (in version 3.20.4). For example, in vc/svn.py:

   def get_path_for_repo_file(self, path, commit=None):
        if commit is None:
            commit = "BASE"
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError()

        if not path.startswith(self.root + os.path.sep):
            raise _vc.InvalidVCPath(self, path, "Path not in repository")
        path = path[len(self.root) + 1:]

        args = [self.CMD, "cat", "-r", commit, path]
        return _vc.call_temp_output(args, cwd=self.root)

However in the latest version -r parameter is removed:

args = [self.CMD, "-q", "update", "-p", path]

Do you plan to remove the code related to revision selection?

This function seems very useful, because there is no a simple Linux tool to compare revisions of whole folders.