Compares your file with another version. Only text files can be compared.
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- Compares your file with the version currently in the workspace's backing stream.
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- Compares your file with the version in the workspace stream (in the
AccuRev depot). Typically, the workspace stream contains the version you most recently created with
Keep, so this command helps answer the question, “What have I changed since my last Keep?” The workspace stream might contain
the version you brought into your workspace with
Update
AccuRev Workspace, or the version you recently
Promoted. In these cases, the command is equivalent to
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- Compares your file with the version you most recently brought into your workspace with
Update
AccuRev Workspace. However, if you have
Promoted the file since the update, the comparison is with your most recently promoted version.
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- Allows you to compare a text file in your workspace with some other file (either on the hard disk, or available via a networked
machine).
Ignore Options for
AccuRev Diff
You can specify whether or not you want
AccuRev to ignore one or more of the following:
- Whitespace (whitespace is ignored by default)
- Changes in whitespace
- Case