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codelite updated NETBEANS-420:
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Description:
The graphical diff comparison in git can only deal with small changes in source
code files now, if there is a big change in source code, the diff tool can
hardly find the corresponding code parts for comparison, instead it focuses on
irrelevant single line characters like \{ and } as same lines.
I wish it could be improved by figuring out source code items(just as those in
the navigator) for two source code files/versions, and create a jump function
when double clicking the item text if the element(function or class) in the
left file is not in the nearby position of the right file, then the right file
jumps to position of the same function or class, resulting a meaningful
comparison. The difference graph lines should be drawn for each element no
matter the difference occurs in nearby positions naturally or after double
clicking the element text.
was:
The graphical diff comparison in git can only deal with small changes in source
code files now, if there is a big change in source code, the diff tool can
hardly find the corresponding code parts for comparison, instead it focuses on
irrelevant single line characters like \{ and } as same lines.
I wish it could be improved by figuring out source code items(just as those in
the navigator) for two source code files/versions, and create a jump button in
the middle if the element(function or class) in the left file is not in the
nearby position of the right file, then the right file jumps to position of the
same function or class, resulting a meaningful comparison. The difference graph
lines should be drawn for each element no matter the difference occurs in
nearby positions naturally or after clicking the jump button.
> Intelligent source code diff comparison based on items in navigator needed
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> Key: NETBEANS-420
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-420
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: utilities - Diff
>Reporter: codelite
>Priority: Major
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> The graphical diff comparison in git can only deal with small changes in
> source code files now, if there is a big change in source code, the diff tool
> can hardly find the corresponding code parts for comparison, instead it
> focuses on irrelevant single line characters like \{ and } as same lines.
> I wish it could be improved by figuring out source code items(just as those
> in the navigator) for two source code files/versions, and create a jump
> function when double clicking the item text if the element(function or class)
> in the left file is not in the nearby position of the right file, then the
> right file jumps to position of the same function or class, resulting a
> meaningful comparison. The difference graph lines should be drawn for each
> element no matter the difference occurs in nearby positions naturally or
> after double clicking the element text.
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