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Bug 376344

Summary: [Compare]Ability to generate a URL link with current diff block and/or diff word.
Product: [ECD] Orion Reporter: libing wang <libingw>
Component: ClientAssignee: libing wang <libingw>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: susan
Version: 0.4   
Target Milestone: 0.5 M1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
Whiteboard:

Description libing wang CLA 2012-04-09 14:05:41 EDT 
Sometimes I wanted to share info of a change then I need a compare URL with the "current diff" parameters.
I was reminded by google maps:
I spot a place then I can use "link" action to generate a URL with that location.

It will be nice if we can support this URL generation.  
There are several cases you may want this support;
1.When you review code and want to ask questions on a specific change, you can generate the URL while you are navigating diffs.

2.When you are changing code that are not familiar to you, you can generate the URL and give it to your reviewer.

Talked to Susan, she mentioned another interesting case:
3.When your unit test case failed, the tester may be smart enough to know which line failed and guide you to the compare page link with the change you made.