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Bug 22504

Summary: Add a history drop down list to the commit comment dialog
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Gary Gregory <ggregory>
Component: TeamAssignee: Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: lbreisacher
Version: 2.0Keywords: helpwanted
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Gary Gregory CLA 2002-08-16 14:53:27 EDT 
Eclipse nicely remembers my last CVS commit comment I entered for a commit but 
I would like to be able to choose from any of the previous commit comments I 
have made.

So, it would be really great to have this feature in the commit dialog, a drop 
down list box which would change the content of the text area depending on 
which entry in the list is selected. 

Every time I successfully commit a file, that comment is added to the list. 
Each list item could just be the first, say 30 characters of the commit 
comment, ignoring CRs, LFs, and Tabs.

I am not sure when this list should be reset, perhaps never but then you'd need 
a "Delete Comment" button next to the drop down to get rid of a given comment. 
which would be fine.

Thank you for considering this feature request. Eclipse is great, so keep up 
this great work. I look forward to your comments, if any, on this topic.

Thank you,
Gary Gregory

(I am using the released 2.0 build)
Comment 1 Kevin McGuire CLA 2002-08-16 17:18:25 EDT 
This is a good idea.  We were interested in it for 2.0 but didn't have the 
time.  A nice small fix for someone in the commmunity perhaps? :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 9915 ***