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@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ I. BASICS:
It's very easy for stray debug output or cosmetic modifications to slip in,
please avoid problems through this extra level of scrutiny.
+ For cosmetics-only commits you should get (almost) empty output from
+
+ svn diff --diff-cmd diff -x '-duwbB' <filename(s)>
+
Also check the output of
svn status