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Bug 345409

Summary:	Compare with "Branch, Tag, or Reference..." doesn't allow editing
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	James Blackburn <jamesblackburn+eclipse>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Kevin Sawicki <kevin>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, markus.kell.r
Version:	0.12
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description James Blackburn

2011-05-11 08:26:54 EDT

Eclipse EGit (Incubation)	0.12.0.201103251413	org.eclipse.egit.feature.group
  Eclipse JGit (Incubation)	0.12.0.201103250414	org.eclipse.jgit.feature.group

While editing a source file, if I right click > Compare with HEAD Revision I can edit my local file.  However if instead I compare with the another branch, I am unable to edit my local copy.

Comment 1 Markus Keller

2011-09-27 09:46:18 EDT

Yep, the left editor should be the local file. Then you should also get the "Open" and "Show In" context menu items for free.

Comment 2 Markus Keller

2011-10-23 17:32:07 EDT

When I do Compare With > History... and then compare a history entry with the working tree, then I do get the editable local file on the left.

Would be a great timesaver if I wouldn't have to use this workaround.

Comment 3 Kevin Sawicki

2011-11-08 20:27:52 EST

Proposed fix pushed to: http://egit.eclipse.org/r/4577

Comment 4 Stefan Lay

2011-11-09 05:04:29 EST

Fixed with c8f751eeddc592e77075a9424b4ba559003adcf5

Comment 5 Dani Megert

2011-11-10 03:28:55 EST

Verified in 1.2.0.201111100222.

Comment 6 Robin Stocker

2013-09-27 12:24:38 EDT

*** Bug 334998 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***