CVS: Diff Viewer

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The IDE's graphical Diff Viewer enables you to compare revisions of a file side by side using color coding to emphasize the differences between the files being compared.

You access the Diff Viewer by right-clicking a versioned file or folder (e.g. from the Projects, Files or Favorites window) and choosing CVS > Diff. The Diff Viewer can also be accessed by selecting the Diff view for a revision in the History Viewer.

The icons in the Diff Viewer toolbar enable you to perform the following functions:

When you choose to open the Diff Viewer on a selected item, all files contained in the item display in the table located above the graphical viewer (In the event that you select a single file, only that file is displayed). The table lists all modified files and organizes information based on the following column headings:

Upon selecting a file from the table, the Diff Viewer displays differences between two versions of a file, select the table row corresponding to the desired file.

The Diff Viewer highlights changes in the files using the following color encoding.

The following icons enable you to make changes directly within the Diff Viewer

See Also
Comparing File Revisions
Browsing Local File History

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