On 1/29/07, Johannes Egger <Johannes.Egger@tigerlair.net> wrote:
>
>
> I've only recently decided to try Eclipse for a perl project I am working
> on, using the EPIC plugin for perl. This project lives on an SVN
> repository, and I've tried out subversive and threw it away today and
> installed subclipse instead.
>
> I have previously used svn commandline tools and have gotten used to doing
> a 'svn diff' before committing to review changes. This is a feature that I
> miss.
>
> I know one can "Compare With/Base Revision" and receive a list of files,
> and sort through changes (next/previous change etc). This is great but can
> become tedious if multiple files are involved in a commit (e.g. a change
> to
> code, documentation, and unit-tests).
>
> I know one can "Team/Create Patch", but then it's either save it in the
> clipboard and paste it somewhere else, or save it on the filesystem and
> open that file (on every commit). I wonder if there is an easier way to do
> it, or if someone has asked about this functionality before.
>
> I have been wondering how much work it would be to create a View that does
> just this (for the top-level of the project); I am unfamiliar with Eclipse
> API.
I think the problem is just that most people using an IDE are likely going
to want something graphical. As you point out, that is what Compare with
Base Revision gives you. And also, the Create Patch option gives the
ability to produce the raw diff output if it is needed.
You can also access the graphical compare for individual items from the
commit dialog itself. See this blog post for more details:
http://markphip.blogspot.com/2007/01/features-of-subclipse-commit-dialog.html
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Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
Received on Mon Jan 29 15:39:46 2007