Bug 447556

Summary:	Implement "Compare with..."
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedmann>
Component:	Compare	Assignee:	Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
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Description Jochen Wiedmann

2014-10-16 08:45:50 EDT

I frequently have the situation where I have two or more different versions of one project in my workspace. Each of these ´projects can be very big. In order to save resources, I usually close them save one.

Now, to compare two different versions of the same file, I must open the other project version (Remember: Big project, can take quite some time), then navigate to the corresponding file, click it once, navigate back to the current file, Ctrl-click it and select "Compare each other". This works, but not overly well.

A much better variant would be for me to click on the current file, select a new menu entry "Compare with..." and then select the other file. Ideally, this might even be an external file, outside of the workspace.