Show Differences Command (Development Environment)

Compares a selected file in your development environment project to the current version stored in the source code control provider database and shows you the differences, if any.

To use the Show Differences command

• After you've added a project to your source code control provider, on the Tools SourceSafe menu, click Show Differences.

Remark

Most commonly, you use the Show Differences command immediately before you check in a file to compare your modified copy of the file to the master copy. This gives you a list of the changes you have made, which can be helpful for generating your comment.

When you use the Show Differences command on an ASCII text file, your source code control provider displays a color-coded list of line differences between the database-stored version of the file and your local copy.

For binary files, your source code control provider tells you if the local copy of the file is different from the master copy, but cannot display the differences.