MPS 2019.3 Help

History Tab

The History tab is added to the Version Control tool window Alt+9 on invoking the Show History or Show History for Selection. A new tab is created for each file or directory with the following name: History: <file_name>. The set of toolbar buttons differs slightly depending on your version control system.

All commands available from the toolbar are also available from the context menu of a selection.

Item

Tooltip and Shortcut

Description

the Refresh button

Refresh

Click this button to refresh the current information.

the Show diff icon

Show Diff
Ctrl+D

Click this button to compare the selected revision of a file with its previous revision in the Differences Viewer.

the Show All Affected Files button

Show All Affected Files
Shift+Alt+A

Click this button to open the Paths Affected in Revision dialog where you can view all files that were modified in the selected revision.

the Show All Branches button

Show All Branches

Click this button to display changes from branches other than the current one.

the Eye icon

Presentation Settings

Click to choose the amount of information you want to see in the History view. You can also select the Show Commit Timestamp option if you want MPS to show the commit timestamp instead of the time when a change was authored.

the Show Details icon

Show Details

Click this button to show the commit message for the selected revision.

the Open on GitHub button

Open in GitHub

Click this button to open the page that corresponds to the selected commit on GitHub.

Last modified: 28 February 2020