comparison mercurial/filelog.py @ 11539:a463e3c50212 stable

cmp: document the fact that we return True if content is different

This is similar to the __builtin__.cmp behaviour, but still not
straightforward, as the dailylife meaning of a comparison usually is
"find out if they are different".

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            return len(self.read(node))

        return revlog.revlog.size(self, rev)

    def cmp(self, node, text):
        """compare text with a given file revision"""

        # for renames, we have to go the slow way
        if text.startswith('\1\n') or self.renamed(node):
            t2 = self.read(node)
            return t2 != text

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            return len(self.read(node))

        return revlog.revlog.size(self, rev)

    def cmp(self, node, text):
        """compare text with a given file revision

        returns True if text is different than what is stored.
        """

        # for renames, we have to go the slow way
        if text.startswith('\1\n') or self.renamed(node):
            t2 = self.read(node)
            return t2 != text