Creating an SVN patch file

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

1. 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.
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