Bug 7147 - Compare external files
Summary: Compare external files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 21817
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Compare (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Andre Weinand CLA
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Reported: 2001-12-20 13:46 EST by Michael Fraenkel CLA
Modified: 2003-02-10 11:53 EST (History)
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Description Michael Fraenkel CLA 2001-12-20 13:46:59 EST 
It is useful to either compare 2 external files or a file in a project with a 
file on disk.  If this function is present, I have not been able to figure out 
how to do it.
Comment 1 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-01-09 03:47:55 EST 
You can compare two or three workspace resources (files and folders) with
'Compare with each other' in the context menu.

The Eclipse architecture doesn't allow to work on external,
that is non-workspace resources. As a consequence you can neither open nor
compare external resources. However you can always import the resources
temporarily.
Comment 2 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-01-09 03:50:14 EST 
I've moved bug to Platform Core for comment.
Comment 3 John Arthorne CLA 2002-01-17 12:11:19 EST 
Correct, the platform is designed to operate on a specific set of local files, 
namely those in the workspace.  We don't want to get into the business of 
operating on arbitrary files in the filesystem.

However, the compare framework does support manipulation of non-local files.  
For example, it allows comparison against files in a CVS repository.

I think this PR can be closed, but I'll move back to UI for final consideration.
Comment 4 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-05-31 09:01:21 EDT 
will reconsider after 2.0
Comment 5 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-09 10:35:49 EDT 
Moving to compare
Comment 6 Andre Weinand CLA 2003-02-10 11:52:45 EST 
reopened to mark as duplicate
Comment 7 Andre Weinand CLA 2003-02-10 11:53:17 EST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 21817 ***