Comparing and Merging › 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 to show a comparison and bypass the dialog described in the following procedure.

Follow these steps:

1. On the CA Harvest SCM plug-in 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.
   • Using the browse buttons to locate and select local files.
   • If you drag an R-tagged version, the local path is selected. If you drag an N-tagged version, the repository path is selected.

   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, and changes can be made to the files, but they will not be saved by CA Harvest SCM.