Annotated source differences

popezilla · Post by **popezilla** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:57 pm

I know it is possible to pull up a diff GUI view of the differences between version 1 and version 2 of a file.

Is it possible for Vault to generate a text copy of version 1 with these additions/deletions/modifcations annotated?

The text copy does not have to compile (e.g. use proper C# comments), they just need to be there at the line in the source where the mod occurred.

dan · Post by **dan** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:01 pm

Vault's diff tool doesn't do anything like this at present. However, you can configure Vault to use any diff tool, so if there is one out there that does this, you can tell Vault to use that tool to display diffs.

Post by **jeremy_sg** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:53 pm

In case you were looking for a annotated diff like the one generated from CVS, noting which version each line of a file originated, look at the Vault Blame feature. It's not plain text, but it will tell you what you want to see.