Ubuntu Manpage: latexdiff-vc - wrapper script that calls latexdiff for different versions of a file under version

NAME

       latexdiff-vc - wrapper script that calls latexdiff for different versions of a file under version
       management (CVS, RCS or SVN)

SYNOPSIS

       latexdiff-vc [ latexdiff-options ] [ latexdiff-vc-options ]  -r [rev1] [-r rev2]  file1.tex [ file2.tex
       ...]

        or

       latexdiff-vc [ latexdiff-options ]  [ latexdiff-vc-options ][ --postscript | --pdf ]  old.tex new.tex

DESCRIPTION

       latexdiff-vc is a wrapper script that applies latexdiff to a file, or multiple files under version
       control (CVS, RCS or SVN), and optionally runs the sequence of "latex" and "dvips" or "pdflatex" commands
       necessary to produce pdf or postscript output of the difference tex file(s). It can also be applied to a
       pair of files to automatise the generation of difference file in postscript or pdf format.

OPTIONS

--rcs, --svn, --cvs, or --git
Set the version system. If no version system is specified, latexdiff-vc will venture a guess.

latexdiff-cvs and latexdiff-rcs are variants of latexdiff-vc which default to the respective
versioning system. However, this default can still be overridden using the options above.

-r, -r rev or --revision, --revision=rev
Choose revision (under RCS, CVS, SVN or GIT). One or two -r options can be specified, and they result
in different behaviour:

latexdiff-vc -r file.tex ...
compares file.tex with the most recent version checked into RCS.

latexdiff-vc -r rev1 file.tex ...
compares file.tex with revision rev1.

latexdiff-vc -r rev1 -r rev2 file.tex ...
compares revisions rev1 and rev2 of file.tex.

Multiple files can be specified for all of the above options. All files must have the extension
".tex", though.

latexdiff-vc old.tex new.tex
compares two files.

The name of the difference file is generated automatically and reported to stdout.

-d or --dir -d path or --dir=path
Rather than appending the string "diff" and optionally the version numbers given to the output-file,
this will prepend a directory name "diff" to the original filename, creating the directory and
subdirectories should they not exist already. This is particularly useful in order to clone a
complete directory hierarchy. Optionally, a pathname path can be specified, which is prepended
instead of "diff".

--fast or --so
Use "latexdiff-fast" or "latexdiff-so", respectively (instead of "latexdiff").

--ps or --postscript
Generate postscript output from difference file. This will run the sequence "latex; latex; dvips" on
the difference file (do not use this option in the rare cases, where three "latex" commands are
required if you care about correct referencing). If the difference file contains a "\bibliography"
tag, run the sequence "latex; bibtex; latex; latex; dvips".

--pdf
Generate pdf output from difference file using "pdflatex". This will run the sequence "pdflatex;
pdflatex" on the difference file, or "pdflatex; bibtex; pdflatex; pdflatex" for files requiring
bibtex.

--force
Overwrite existing diff files without asking for confirmation. Default behaviour is to ask for
confirmation before overwriting an existing difference file.

--help or -h
Show help text

--version
Show version number

All other options are passed on to "latexdiff".

PORTABILITY

       latexdiff-vc uses external commands and is therefore limited to Unix-like systems. It also requires the
       RCS version control system and latex to be installed on the system.  Modules from Perl 5.8 or higher are
       required.

BUG REPORTING