Bug 151981

Summary: There should be possibility to prepare patch from two arbitrary files
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Max Gilead <max.gilead>
Component: CompareAssignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Max Gilead CLA 2006-07-27 07:17:43 EDT 
I suggest to add possibility to generate patch from two arbitrary files, possibly with one or both files outside of Eclipse workspace.

For example, I got a file by mail and I need to prepare a patch from it compared to current repository version. Currently it's necessary to:
1. replace working file with modified version
2. prepare patch
3. replace file with working copy
4. review/modify patch
5. apply patch

With this enhancement it would be only:
1. generate patch
2. review/modify patch
3. apply patch

Two most cubmersome steps would go away.
Comment 1 Michael Valenta CLA 2006-08-17 14:30:33 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 151980 ***