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When I pull up the history of the file I can compare that version with another version listed in the history by selecting both and doing a "Compare", or I can compare a historical version and it's changes wrt to it's previous version by selecting "Compare to Previous".
However I cannot find a command that will let me compare a historical version in the history list to the currently edited version on disk. Does anyone know what this command is called so I can hook it into the context menu please?
This was one of the best features of TFSVC and I'm hoping it's somewhere deep in the bowels of the GIT support in VS2015.
Edit: since there is no official solution: I've created a User Voice item as suggested by @Patrick-MSFT
Allow "Compare working copy to historical version" version in git -- VS Developer Community
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locate the required file in the Solution Explorer window, right-click it and choose Compare Selected File in the context menu; open the required file in Visual Studio, right-click the required document name in the document tab well and in the document's context menu select Compare Current File.
To retrieve a previous version of a file that exists in your Visual Studio project: Right-click the file in Solution Explorer and select View History. The Visual Studio History view will appear, showing the commits in your repo that updated the file.
Right-Click In the File List, right-click the file you want to check in and select Source Control > Check In (for selected files) or Source Control > Project > Check In All (for all files in the project). Local Toolbar In the File List, select the file(s) you want to check in.
This is not supported now.
You can vote for this feature request here:
Allow "Compare working copy to historical version" version in git
In Vs, you can only compare your currently edited version with the unmodified status.
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Still no support in VS2019! :(
Use Notepad++ and the Compare plugin. Open file versions of interest, select first version as set "first version to compare", then select second version and "compare". There you have the diff!
You will also get changes WITHIN rows, which is far better than compare supported by VS...
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