Subversion and MS Visual Studio together with ExamDiff Pro
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:13 pm
[Contributed by Marco Nef]
Subversion (an alternative to CVS) stores the original version of all files in hidden directories for fast offline status information. This can be used in Microsoft Visual Studio (and other tools) for fast and easy comparison:
- Menu "Tools" / "External Tools"
- Press "Add"
Set "Title" to whatever you want, the "Command" must be the valid filename of the ExamDiff executable.
Arguments are the following:
$(ItemDir).svn\text-base\$(ItemFileName)$(ItemExt).svn-base $(ItemPath)
Now add a shortkey (like CTRL-E for _E_xamDiff) to Visual Studio (menu Tools / Options / General / Keyboard). With that it's really easy to find information about your changes before committing them, e.g. for writing a meaningful commit statement.
Subversion (an alternative to CVS) stores the original version of all files in hidden directories for fast offline status information. This can be used in Microsoft Visual Studio (and other tools) for fast and easy comparison:
- Menu "Tools" / "External Tools"
- Press "Add"
Set "Title" to whatever you want, the "Command" must be the valid filename of the ExamDiff executable.
Arguments are the following:
$(ItemDir).svn\text-base\$(ItemFileName)$(ItemExt).svn-base $(ItemPath)
Now add a shortkey (like CTRL-E for _E_xamDiff) to Visual Studio (menu Tools / Options / General / Keyboard). With that it's really easy to find information about your changes before committing them, e.g. for writing a meaningful commit statement.