By default, filecmp.cmp() compares two files by looking file sizes.

shallow=False tells cmp() to look file content.
2009-01-20 12:46:56 +00:00
parent 9a17fe0ec0
commit b659c008b9
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ def dosed(sourceFiles, findPattern, replacePattern = ''):
                line = re.sub(findPattern, replacePattern, line)
                sys.stdout.write(line)
            if can_access_file(backupFile):
-                if filecmp.cmp(sourceFile, backupFile):
+                # By default, filecmp.cmp() compares two files by looking file sizes.
+                # shallow=False tells cmp() to look file content.
+                if filecmp.cmp(sourceFile, backupFile, shallow=False):
                    ctx.ui.warning(_('dosed method has not changed file \'%s\'.') % sourceFile)
                else:
                    os.unlink(backupFile)