Comparing baselines

When you compare two baselines, the change sets of the components of those baselines are compared.

Before you begin

Before you compare baselines, ensure that both the baselines have same component.

About this task

A comparison of two baselines compares the change sets they contain and displays a list of change sets that are in one baseline but not the other. You can compare or annotate individual files in the change sets to see more detail about the scope of the differences.

To compare two baselines:

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the component whose baselines you want to compare. Typically, components are available in the Team Artifacts window, Pending Changes window, and History window.
  2. Select the baselines to compare. There are several kinds of comparisons that you can make:
    • To compare any two baselines of the component, right-click the component and click Show baselines to open a History window of the component baselines. In the History window, you can right click a baseline, click Compare With Baseline, and then select a baseline to compare it with. You can also click two baselines and then click Compare.
    • To compare a component with its most recent baseline, right-click the component and click Compare With, then select Current baseline.
    • To compare a component with any of its baselines, right-click the component and click Compare With, then select Baseline and select a baseline to compare it with in the Select a Baseline window. If you want to view all baselines, click Clear Filter. If you want to view baselines of a particular workspace or stream, click Filter, type a string for workspace or stream, and click OK.
    • To compare the current baseline with the state of a component in another repository workspace or stream, right-click the component and click Compare With, then select Another Repository Workspace or Stream.

What to do next

Now, you can right-click a change set to do the following operations:

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