Cannot show diff 'unmodified' item

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Xavier
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Cannot show diff 'unmodified' item

Post by Xavier » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:09 am

Hello,

in the 'fortress pending changes' under visual studio it's not possible to male a show diff on an unmodified item. The problem is that this window may be out of date if the file is modified outside visual; and the show diff would then be useful.

Moreover a show diff that would make a show diff on all the files that are pending would be great (eg: when no file is selected in the tab, clicking show diff could show differences like a folder but only with checked out items. The same on the GUI client would be great (pending change set, but it's not easy to have no line selected once one is selected)

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xavier
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Xavier

Beth
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Re: Cannot show diff 'unmodified' item

Post by Beth » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:31 pm

I can log this and run it past the developer.

How are you modifying files without Vault noticing that something changed? Even if you don't use Visual Studio to modify the file, as long as the file is in a Vault working folder, a difference should be seen.
Beth Kieler
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Xavier
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Re: Cannot show diff 'unmodified' item

Post by Xavier » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:12 am

I made the file writeable and used notepad to modify the file (.vcproj)
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Re: Cannot show diff 'unmodified' item

Post by ian_sg » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:33 am

A Refresh Source Control Status (under File->Fortress Source Control) inside Visual Studio will update the pending changes pane to reflect changes made outside Visual Studio. If this is something you need to do often, you can set a keyboard shortcut or make the Fortress Enhanced Client toolbar visible, there's a refresh button it it.
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