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Problem

Currently users couldn't edit code files on the diff view provided by Amazon Q. Users have to open those files in the workspace to edit them. This is very inconvenient.

Solution

Enable users to edit code files directly on the diff view.

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✅ I finished the code review, and didn't find any security or code quality issues.

@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 marked this pull request as ready for review August 13, 2025 21:52
@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 requested a review from a team as a code owner August 13, 2025 21:52
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jguoamz commented Aug 14, 2025

What happens when user clicks the diff view again after editing and closing it?
What happens when user clicks undo after editing?

const originalContent = params.originalFileContent ?? ''

// Clean up any existing temp files first
for (const tempFile of tempDiffFiles) {
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we tried using a temp file before, but this causes issues like the temp file now showing up in recent files in the IDE

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This file is only created at OS/tmp and cleaned up immediately after the diff view is closed. It will not show up at the VSC's workspace file list or work tree!

@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 force-pushed the feature/editable_diffview branch from 5dfa590 to c722999 Compare August 14, 2025 18:29
@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 requested a review from jguoamz August 14, 2025 18:34
@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 changed the base branch from master to feature/auto-debug August 15, 2025 18:29
@MarcoWang3 MarcoWang3 changed the base branch from feature/auto-debug to feature/editable_diffview August 15, 2025 18:59
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