Bug 32329

Summary: Support filters for compare
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Stefan Zechmeister <stefan.zechmeister>
Component: CompareAssignee: Andre Weinand <andre_weinand>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P2    
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: 3.0 M7   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:

Description Stefan Zechmeister CLA 2003-02-20 04:16:37 EST 
It is very annoying when comparing two java source trees, that all binary files
in that tree are compared too. it would be great to support custom filters for
compare, much like the filters in e.g. package explorer.
using filters, it would be possible to only compare all .java files when
comparing  two trees.
Comment 1 Andre Weinand CLA 2003-02-20 04:19:33 EST 
Not for 2.1
Comment 2 Stefan Zechmeister CLA 2003-10-21 04:11:02 EDT 
what about 3.0 ? ? ?
Comment 3 Stefan Zechmeister CLA 2003-11-03 10:57:14 EST 
so. whats up with an implementation in the 3.0 stream?
this would dramatically improve the usability of the compare feature of eclipse!
Comment 4 Stefan Zechmeister CLA 2003-11-07 06:56:43 EST 
have a look at meld (meld.sf.net). it provides predefined (customizeable)
filters to filter added/removed items, modified items, backups (defined through
file extension), cvs files, binaries (for example .class files!), and media
files (gif,png,etc.)
Comment 5 Andre Weinand CLA 2003-12-26 18:15:39 EST 
first cut in HEAD. UI is on Compare pref page.
Comment 6 Andre Weinand CLA 2004-06-02 19:20:07 EDT 
Fixed.