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Create an SVN patch file

1. Run Eclipse, open a Project Explorer view and open the project for which you want to create an SVN patch file.
   Right click on your project and select Team > Create Patch...

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   !svnPatch001.jpg!

   and a Run and save SVN diff results in a file panel similar to the following will be displayed:

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   !svnPatch002.jpg!

2. In the Run and save SVN diff results in a file panel, do the following:
   • In Save Patch: select In file System and enter the path/to and patch file name.
     In my example my path/to is C:\tmp\ and my patch file name is csf-common-legacy.patch.
   • In Include changes: uncheck anything that begins with a dot (i.e. .settings, .project, .classpath, etc).
     Your dialog should look similar to the following:
     
     When you are satisified that everything is correct, click Next.
3. In the Advanced options panel, do the following:
   • In Patch Options: select Recurse into sub-folders, Process deleted resources and Process new resources.
   • In Patch Root: select Project.
     
     When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click Finish.
     
4. Your patch file has now been created with the file name and in the directory that you had specified above.  If you open your patch file for editing you will see a series of entries similar the following

Index: src/main/java/edu/mit/common/dao/academic/hibernate/HibernateAcademicTermDao.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/edu/mit/common/dao/academic/hibernate/HibernateAcademicTermDao.java	(revision 308)
+++ src/main/java/edu/mit/common/dao/academic/hibernate/HibernateAcademicTermDao.java	(working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import edu.mit.common.dao.academic.AcademicTermDao;
 import edu.mit.common.dao.core.hibernate.AbstractHibernateDao;
 import edu.mit.common.domain.academic.AcademicTerm;
-
+ 
 /**
  * Describe this class. 
  *

Creating an SVN patch file is now complete.