Comparing File Versions

VCS-specific integrations enable you to compare your local copy of a file with the versions stored in the repository.IntelliJ IDEA suggests several options:

Compare your local copy with the repository version, to which you have last synchronized
If somebody else has committed changes since your last update, compare your local copy with newest version
Compare your local version with any repository version of a file.

For some VCS, it is possible to compare with a branch version. The differences display in the Differences viewer.

To compare with a repository version, to which you have last synchronized

Select a file in the Project tool window, or open it in the editor.
Do one of the following:
- On the main VCS menu, or on the context menu of a file, choose <VCS> | Compare with the same repository version.
- Select a file in the Local Changes tab of the Version Control tool window, and choose Show Diff on the context menu.

To compare with the latest repository version

Select a file, or open it in the editor.
On the main VCS menu, or on the context menu of a file, choose <VCS> | Compare with the latest repository version.

To compare with the specified version of a file

Select a file, or open it in the editor.
On the main VCS menu, or on the context menu of a file, choose <VCS> | Compare with.
In the File Revision pop-up window, click the version to compare:

Procedures:

Using Change Markers to View and Navigate Through Changes in the Editor

Reference:

Last modified: 23 November 2016

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