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# 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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# In the *Run and save SVN diff results in a file* panel, do the following:
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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.
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Your dialog should look similar to the following:

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When you are satisified that everything is correct, click *Next*.
# In the *Advanced options* panel, do the following:
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In *Patch Options*: select *Recurse into sub-folders*, *Process deleted resources* and *Process new resources*.
In *Patch Root*: select *Project*.

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When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click *Finish*.
# 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:
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Index: src/main/java/edu/mit/common/dao/academic/hibernate/HibernateAcademicTermDao.java
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--- 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;
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+ 
 /**
  * Describe this class. 
  *

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h4. {color:green}Creating an SVN patch file is now complete.{color}