TortoiseSVN Diff color codes

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user1845360 picture user1845360 · Mar 18, 2013 · Viewed 17.9k times · Source

Could anyone explain the color codes when doing a diff in SVN, i.e. some lines are marked as red, yellow, blue, etc.

Answer

bahrep picture bahrep · Mar 18, 2013

Check the TortoiseSVN Manual: TortoiseMerge | Colour Settings Page.

This is the default color scheme (see it in TortoiseMerge | File | Settings | Colors):

tortoisemerge default color scheme

It also makes sense to know the line status icons meaning.

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