Viewing the History of Source Control Files—Team Foundation Server

One of the benefits of Flare's integrated source control is that you can view the history for a particular file, including who checked in the file and when it was checked in. You can also view differences between different versions of the file and roll back to an older version if necessary.

For more information see Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Viewing Differences in Source Control Files—Team Foundation Server, and Rolling Back to an Earlier Version of a File—Team Foundation Server.

How to View the History of a Source Control File

  1. In one of the window panes (e.g., Content Explorer, Source Control Explorer, File List, Project Organizer, Pending Changes window pane), select the relevant file(s).

    OR

    Open a file.

  2. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

    • Ribbon Select Source Control > View History.

    • Right-Click If you have the Content Explorer, Project Organizer, Source Control Explorer, Pending Changes window pane, or File List open, right-click the file you want to view and select Source Control > View History.

  3. The History dialog opens. The following are explanations of the different parts of this dialog.

    • Version Displays a number for each version of the file. The lower the number, the older the version. The higher the number, the more recent the version.
    • User Displays the name of the user who has been working on the file.
    • Date Displays the date and time when the action has occurred.
    • Action Displays the action that has taken place for the file (e.g., check in).
    • Comment Displays the comment (if any) associated with the file. A comment can be added to a file when you check that file in to source control. This enables you to maintain an audit trail for the file's history.
    • Get Selected Version Performs a "get" of a particular version of a file, thus rolling back to that version of the file. The local version of the file is replaced with the source control version that you selected. See Rolling Back to an Earlier Version of a File—Team Foundation Server and Getting the Latest Version of Source Control Files—Team Foundation Server.
    • Show Differences Opens a dialog that lets you view the differences between two versions of a file. If you select one row in the History dialog and view the differences, you will see the content differences between the version that you selected and the version of the file in your local copy of the Flare project. If you select two files in the History dialog (by holding down the CTRL key) and view the differences, you will see the content differences between those two versions of the file.
  4. In the History dialog, click Close.