Bug 221163

Summary:	[Patch] Drop patches on target files/folders/projects
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Tomasz Zarna <tomasz.zarna>
Component:	Compare	Assignee:	Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Tomasz Zarna

2008-03-03 10:58:43 EST

I'm working with patches which don't have patch root specified. Every time I want to apply such patch I need to manually select target resource, even though the target is in the same folder. 

It would be great if I could drag'n'drop the patch file on the target instead. At this moment dropping is an allegory for copying/moving a resource, but we could show a dialog asking him/her whether he/she wants to copy/move the resource or apply the patch (if it's a valid patch).

I believe we will need to introduce a content describer for patches in order to start with this.

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2008-03-03 13:17:04 EST

Tomasz, I think you wrote a content describer already for patches in that bug requesting for a "Patch File Editor"?

Comment 2 Remy Suen

2008-03-03 15:09:50 EST

I did a quick search, I was referring to attachment 80237 [details] from bug 190418.

Comment 3 Tomasz Zarna

2008-03-04 04:21:22 EST

 (In reply to comment #1)
> Tomasz, I think you wrote a content describer already for patches in that bug
> requesting for a "Patch File Editor"?

That's is correct, but I think the patch for bug 190418 is more like a POC than a real fix (at least in its current shape). Nevertheless, it's a good place to start. Thanks for bringing that up Remy.

Comment 4 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:31:09 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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