[eclipse] Multi-File History Plug-in

November 15th, 2008 @ 05:45 AM

Multi-File History Plug-in

Eclipse manages change histories of resources. And you can see the chagnes of a resource. But, there is no way to trace histories among resources. Multi-File History plug-in provides the histories of selected resources in the time order. Therefore, you can track the changes you made in order.

 

Prerequisite

1. eclipse 3.3 or above

2. Java 5 or above

3. Supported platform: All platforms

4. License: EPL 1.0

Installation

Multi-File History plug-in provides an update site.

 

First, select "Help -> Software Updates..."

Second, select "Add Site..." and input the location; http://update.eclipsegeek.com.

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Thrid, check "Multi-File Local History" in the newly added update site. (Current version of Multi-File History plug-in only supports local history.)

Finally, select "Install..." and complete the installation.
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Usage

Basically, its usage is almost same as Show Local History capability. Select "Team -> Show Local History on Multiple Files" in  the context menu of Package Explorer. You can select a project or many resources; files and folders.

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Multi-File History View shows histories of selected resources. You can see the order of changes among resources.

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Source Code

Source code for this plug-in is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipse/. It is free to use this code under Eclipse Public License.

 

Related

  1. Korean Page
  2. Eclipse Plug-in Central: Multi-File History

Comments

  • Eugene Kuleshov on 28 Oct 11:58

    Very cool. You may want to look at the extension point in generic History view and contribute your own page instead of creating separate view for that. It would be also nice to be able to group resources by directory. Also, you can use the same action nam
  • Sung Ahn Kim on 28 Oct 23:05

    Eugene, thanks for your comment.
    I'll investigate your suggestion. I also have a bad feeling about the duplication. Grouping resources look like nice idea. ;)
  • Ali Burak Kulakli on 04 Nov 05:36

    That's a very nice plugin. I wonder if it is possible to do this on CVS also.
  • Sung Ahn Kim on 05 Nov 09:09

    Ali, I have a plan to support CVS project. That's what I need now.

    Feel free to request ... :)

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