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<h1 class="Head"> CVS Resource History view</h1>
    
<p class="Intro"> This view provides a list of all the revisions of a resource 
   in the repository. From this view you can compare two revisions, replace 
(get    sticky) or revert (get contents) the corresponding workspace file 
to the revision,    or open an editor on a revision. </p>
 
<p class="Para">Here is what the CVS Resource History View looks like:</p>
   
<p class="Para"><img
 src="../images/Image216_history_view.png"
 alt="CVS Resource History View"  border="0" align="top"> </p>

<h2>Columns</h2>
<p class="Para">For each resource, the following is displayed in the table:</p>
   
<div class="Topic">    
<h3> Revision</h3>
<p class="Para"> This column displays the revision number in the history.&nbsp; </p>
</div>
   
<div class="Topic">    
<h3>Tags</h3>   
<p class="Para">The tags that are associated with the revision. Selecting 
a      revision line will list the tags in the lower left pane of the view.</p>
</div>
   
<div class="Topic">  
<h3> Date</h3>   
<p class="Para"> This column displays the creation date and time of the revision 
     in the history.</p>
</div>
   
<div class="Topic">       
<h3> Author</h3>
<p class="Para"> This column displays the name of the person who created and
authored the version.</p>
</div>
   
<div class="Topic">  
<h3> Comment</h3>   
<p class="Para"> This column displays the comment (if any) supplied for this 
     revision at the time it was committed. Selecting a revision line will 
show      the complete comment in the lower right pane of the view.</p>
</div>

<h2>Toolbar</h2>

<div class="Topic"> 
<h3>Refresh View</h3>  
<p class="Para">This command refreshes the contents of the view, 
fetching the latest history information for the resource from the server.</p>
</div>

<div class="Topic"> 
<h3>Link with Editor</h3>  
<p class="Para">When enabled, the view will display the history for the resource 
of the active editor.</p>
</div> 

<div class="Topic"> 
<h3>Filter History</h3>  
<p class="Para">This command will open a dialog that allows the specification of view filters.
The resource history can be filtered by author, comment or date.</p>
</div>

<div class="Topic"> 
<h3>Drop Down Menu</h3>  
<p class="Para">The drop down menu in the toolbar allows the comment and tag panes to be hidden or shown.</p>
</div> 

<h2 class="Para">Context menu </h2>
     
<p class="Para">From the context menu of the CVS Resource History view you can  perform
a number of interesting operations.</p>
     
<h3>Get Contents</h3>   
<p class="Para">This command will load the contents of the selected revision
into the local copy of the file whose history
is displayed in the view. The local file can then be committed to make
the contents of latest revision in HEAD (or a branch) match the contents of
the selected revision.</p>

<h3>Get Sticky Revision</h3>   
<p class="Para">This command will load the the selected revision over the local 
  file whose history is being displayed. This operation is rarely needed and is 
  mainly used to change the tag on one or more resources. The loaded revision 
  cannot be subsequently committed but can be tagged.</p>

<h3>Tag with Existing...</h3>   
<p class="Para">This command allows an existing tag to be moved to the
selected file revision.</p>

<h3> Show Annotation</h3>   
<p> This command shows the contents of file with annotations identifying the author
of each line of code in the file.</p>

<h3>Compare</h3>   
<p> This command opens an editor comparing the contents of the two selected revisions.</p>

<h3>Open</h3>   
<p> This command opens an editor displaying the contents of the selected file revision.</p>

<h3>Refresh View</h3>   
<p> This command refreshes the contents of the view.</p>


<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference"
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 <br>
    <a href="ref-32.htm">CVS Repositories view</a>  </p>
    
<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts"
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  <br>
 <a href="../concepts/concepts-12.htm">Resources</a> <br>
 <a href="../concepts/concepts-27c.htm">CVS Repositories</a> <br>
 <a href="../concepts/concepts-17a.htm">Local history</a> </p>
    

    
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