The Annotate Tab

The Annotate command lists the entire contents of the selected version of a text file, annotating each line with:

A version timeline makes it easy to view the contents of any version of the text file.

Opening an Annotate Tab

In the Details pane of the File Browser, select one text-file element. Then, invoke the command in any of these ways:

Annotate Tab Layout

The contents of a text file are listed as a multiple-column table. Each row represents one line of the text file.

The columns contain:

In a (modified)-status file, one or more lines have not yet been saved with the Keep command. For such lines, columns 1-3 are empty.

Working in an Annotate Tab

When you click on a cell in the Date, #, or User column, AccuRev highlights all the lines whose value in that column matches the value in the cell. This makes it easy to:

Using the Version Timeline

A timeline appears at the top of the Annotate tab, with an entry for each version of the text file element.

You can use the timeline's slider control to switch among the file's versions. (Alternatively, just click a timeline entry to jump to that version.) Whenever you switch to a different version, AccuRev automatically highlights the lines that were added or changed in that version.