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Bug 256644

Summary:	[refresh] RSE Compare with should refresh file cache before opening compare editor
Product:	[Tools] Target Management	Reporter:	Martin Oberhuber <mober.at+eclipse>
Component:	RSE	Assignee:	David McKnight <dmcknigh>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Martin Oberhuber <mober.at+eclipse>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	kmunir
Version:	3.0	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	3.1 M7
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
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Bug Depends on:	180671
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Description Martin Oberhuber

2008-11-26 09:42:26 EST

Just like we fixed the editor-open action to refresh remote files before loading into the editor on double click, we should also refresh the participants of a "Compare with...each other" operation before we open the compare viewer.

Otherwise, users easily look at (and potentially edit) files that are out-of-date compared to the actual remote system.

It should be possible to derive a fix for this from the corresponding fix for the editor.

Test case:
1. On an SSH connection, select 2 remote files,
2. right-click > compare with > each other
3. Change one or both of the files on the remote
4. right-click > compare with > each other again
--> Compare viewer is opened with the old, stale files.

Comment 1 David McKnight

2009-03-23 12:21:44 EDT

The problem is that the cached version of the remote files were being used to compare timestamps - this version needs to be marked stale before downloading to ensure the actual remote file is retrieved.  I've committed a fix for this to cvs.