Bug 447556 - Implement "Compare with..."
Summary: Implement "Compare with..."
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Compare (show other bugs)
Version: 4.4.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2014-10-16 08:45 EDT by Jochen Wiedmann CLA
Modified: 2014-10-16 08:45 EDT (History)
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Description Jochen Wiedmann CLA 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.