Viewing a File's Revision History

Every time you commit a file to the CVS repository, a new revision is created. Each revision is identified by a number (for example, 1.1 or 1.11.3.5). Along with each revision is stored the author, the date, and a commit comment.

To view the resource history for a file:

  1. Select the file in the Navigator view. From the context menu, choose Team > Show in Resource History.
  2. The CVS Resource History view will open and show a history for the selected file.

Note: The CVS Resource History view also shows you all version and branch tags that are associated with the file.

Tip: You can drag and drop a file from the Navigator view into the CVS Resource History view instead of choosing the menu item.

Tip: By clicking on column headings in the CVS Resource History view you can change the sorting order of the items.

Related concepts
Team programming with CVS
Branches
Synchronizing with a CVS repository

Related tasks
Synchronizing with the repository

Related reference
CVS
CVS Resource History view

 
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