User Guide - MKS

Chapter 6: Member Operations
Comparing Differences
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After you have made changes to a member’s working file, you usually
check those changes back into the member history as a new revision. But
you may also decide that those changes should be discarded. Before you
make this decision, you have to be able to view the changes that you are
checking in, or those that you are discarding if you choose.
Source Integrity Visual Difference allows you to view the differences
between the member’s working file and its member revision. You can also
select two specific revisions and compare them. For information on
comparing revisions, see “Comparing Revisions” on page 301.
You can also compare differences between your checked out working file
and the locked revision through the Check In dialog. For details on viewing
differences through the Check In dialog, see “Checking In a Member” on
page 172.
Source Integrity allows you to use a third party differencing tool, in the
graphical user interface, if you do not want to use Visual Difference. You
can specify a third party difference tool in your preferences. For
information on setting up third party differencing tools, see “Difference
Tool Preferences” on page 66.
NOTE
In the Source Integrity Web interface you cannot compare a working file to its
member revision but you can compare revision differences. For information on
comparing revisions, see “Comparing Revisions” on page 301.
For information on merging revisions, see “Merging Revisions” on
page 322 or “Branching and Merging Revisions” on page 305.
To compare a member’s working file to its member revision in the
graphical user interface
1 With a Sandbox window open, select a member that has a modified
working file (indicated by a working file delta ), or a member that
has a new revision available (indicated by a member delta ).
2 Do one of the following:
Select Member > Diff/Merge > Differences.
Click .
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