How to save diff to reuse later - the feature similar to shelveset in TFS?

Question

I make some changes to a file but realize that I need to modify it in other way - this requires me to temporary save my current changes elsewhere and apply it later. How can I do this in svn/subversion tool, e.g. TortoiseSVN?

The feature I'm mentioning is very similar to making shelveset and unshelving it in TFS.

Please help if you know how to. Thank you!

Answer 1

AntonyW's answer works, but it might be overkill, especially if you've got a lot of code !

I'm not familiar with TFS' shelveset but svn gives you the svn diff command to do just what you're looking for: making a diff and saving it so you can apply it later. Just take svn diff's output and save it in a .patch or .diff file.

svn diff myfile > myfile.patch

Since you're using TortoiseSVN, this is even easier to do.