Comparing and Merging Versions › Compare Versions or Files

Compare Versions or Files

You can compare two versions or files.

Note: You can select two versions, right-click, and select Compare from the shortcut menu. This action shows a comparison and bypasses the dialog described in the following procedure.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Workbench toolbar, click Compare.

   The Compare Versions or Files dialog appears.

2. Populate the fields in the Compare Versions or Files dialog by doing one the following:
   • Dragging versions from the List View or the Explorer View to the fields. When you drag an R-tagged version, the comparison uses the local path. When you drag an N-tagged version, the comparison uses the repository path.
   • Using the browse buttons to locate and select local files.

   The versions or files for the comparison are selected.

3. Click OK.

   The compare tool appears and displays the differences between the two versions. The internal CA Harvest SCM compare files process is read-only; changes cannot be made to the files.

   Note:

   • If one of the compared versions is a large file (according to your preferences set in the Version page), the Compare Version Attributes dialog opens.
   • If you configured an external comparison tool in Preferences, the external tool appears. For some external tools, the compare and merge processes are combined. You can change the files, but CA Harvest SCM does not save these changes.