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Diff/Comparison from history for moved files does not work [message #1693891] Wed, 29 April 2015 03:40 Go to next message
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Following the commit trail of a single file (or folder, package or other entities) works fine and the commits are listed in the history window as expected.

However, when I want to examine the changes from one commit to another this does not work for moved/renamed files. Instead I get an error message reading "File path/to/moved.file is not contained in the commits: abc0123".
The system should have the necessary information to set up the diff for me, or else it would not have been able to compile the list of commits on the renamed file in the first place.

I hope for a workaround/config entry, but expect that this is not implemented (yet). So, can you tell me if/how I can fix this to get the desired behavior on my own? Alternatively, what would be the actions I can take to get this feature implemented?
Re: Diff/Comparison from history for moved files does not work [message #1694590 is a reply to message #1693891] Wed, 06 May 2015 09:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Judging by the view count I assume most of the active members have seen my post. Also, it's been a week with no reply, so I will cheekily bump my post to the top again, not without additions though Smile

I expect there were no replies, because the feature simply does not exist. If I am correct, could you point me to the developers of EGit?
Also, how do you feel about this missing feature? Maybe a list of "me too"s can help gain some traction...
Re: Diff/Comparison from history for moved files does not work [message #1695135 is a reply to message #1694590] Tue, 12 May 2015 04:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do you mean https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=434085 ?

If you want something else file a bug in Bugzilla here
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=EGit
and describe in detail what you think is missing or not working.

Maybe you want to contribute a patch fixing that bug ?
Re: Diff/Comparison from history for moved files does not work [message #1695285 is a reply to message #1695135] Wed, 13 May 2015 06:43 Go to previous message
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> Do you mean https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=434085 ?
No, not quite. The history displays just fine. I'ts the differences between commits that are missing (after a rename).

> If you want something else file a bug in Bugzilla
For some reason I expected EGit/JGit to have their own bugtracking, but then again why would they. Thanks for pointing me there Smile

> Maybe you want to contribute a patch fixing that bug ?
Yes, basically I am willing and able. Depending on complexity/time constraints I might just do that.

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