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List all the preview diffs in phabricator

Is there a way to list out all the preview diffs in Phabricator? That is, I created a diff using arc diff --preview, but have lost track of the diff URL and have lost the original local git commits that went with it. I'd like to regenerate them using arc patch --diff, but I don't know the diff number

Solution

  • arc diff preview is not intended for storing commits for later. Just create a revision and don't assign anyone it's the exact same thing.

    You can't do anything through the UI to recover these as this was never the intention of --preview. If you have access to the database you can go into the *_user.user find your user phid then go into the *_differential.differential_diff table and select all users with this PHID. Or just have your DBA run this for you.

    SELECT * 
FROM phabricator_differential.differential_diff 
WHERE authorPhid 
IN (
    SELECT phid 
    FROM phabricator_user.user 
    WHERE username = 'Kirby'
   )
AND revisionID IS NULL;

    From the id column in this list you can access your diffs at the following url. https://phabricator.com/differential/diff/{id}/.

    This is a very old ticket upstream that would likely be part of adding better diff support to the UI https://secure.phabricator.com/T1084. I haven't seen much interest in this ever though so i don't imagine it will be supported in the next year unless your company or yourself is willing to pay them to make it.