Bug 22175 - Add a mechanism for applying patches
Summary: Add a mechanism for applying patches
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 29791
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Compare (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Andre Weinand CLA
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Reported: 2002-08-05 12:21 EDT by Seth Nickell CLA
Modified: 2003-01-20 07:59 EST (History)
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Description Seth Nickell CLA 2002-08-05 12:21:33 EDT 
While I see a way to create patches (under right click->Team) I don't see a
mechanism for applying patches from within Eclipse. If its there, it needs to be
put in a more obvious place. I had somebody else look too and they couldn't find
it (though they thought they'd used it before).
Comment 1 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-08-09 20:08:44 EDT 
There is a 'Compare with patch' command in the context menu.
Comment 2 Seth Nickell CLA 2002-08-09 20:28:17 EDT 
I'm guessing this allows me to go through and select changes to apply? 

The problem is that this does not directly represent the user's goal (apply a
patch), but instead steers through a task that I, at least, would never have
thought of as a necessary component of the goal. I suspect basic usability
testing would reveal that many non-Eclipse-initiated Java programmers would not
find this an obvious component task (though I could be wrong, it could be my
open source experience with applying patches leaking through and colouring the
way I perceive the interface)
Comment 3 Andre Weinand CLA 2003-01-20 07:59:38 EST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29791 ***