History view displays a list of all revisions of the selected resource.
In the History view, you can:
§ load revisions,
§ compare revisions,
§ revert files in the workspace to the necessary revision,
§ view annotations, and
§ open the selected revision in an editor.
History view displays data in columns (Local revisions has only a time stamp while the Remote revisions usually has a complete set of information):
§ Revision - displays the remote and local revisions. For Remote revisions, the remote revision icon and the revision number are displayed:
For Local revisions, local history revision icon is displayed:
§ Branches - displays the list of branches for which the revision is available;
§ Tags - displays the tags associated with the revision;
§ Revision time - displays the creation date and time of the revision;
§ Author - displays the name of the person who created and authored the version;
§ Comment - displays the comments (if any) supplied for this revision at the time it was committed.
The pointers allow expanding the revisions in the view:
The pointers in the upper part of the column are used to arrange the revisions according to their type (i.e. what revisions - Remote or Local - are displayed first):
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From the toolbar of the History view, you can perform these actions:
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Refresh |
refreshes the selected resource and its children |
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Link with the Editor and Selection |
when enabled, the view displays the history of the active resource (i.e. the resource currently selected in the editor) |
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Pin this History View |
pins the view and its contents (any new requests for history will open a new instance of the History view) |
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Show ... |
shows in the History view the list of the programs opened in the view before and allows switching to them:
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Group Revisions by Date |
sorts the items in the view by the date categories:
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Local and Remote Revisions |
when enabled, both local and remote revisions are displayed |
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Local Revisions |
when enabled, only the local revisions are displayed |
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Remote Revisions |
when enabled, only the remote revisions are displayed |
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Collapse All |
collapses all the expanded resources |
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Compare Mode |
specifies how the revision will react to the double click: when enabled, the double click opens the Compare editor; when disabled, the double click opens this revision |
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View menu |
opens the drop-down menu ↓ :
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Minimize |
minimizes the view |
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Maximize |
maximizes the view |
From the drop-down menu of the History view, you can perform these actions:
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Wrap Comments |
wraps comments in the Comment viewer |
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Show Comment Viewer |
opens the Comment viewer:
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Show Tag Viewer |
opens the Tag viewer:
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Show Search Field |
opens the Search field:
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Filter |
opens the Filter Resource History dialog, where you can specify what resources to display in the view:
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Remove Filters |
allows removing the previously applied filters |
When you call context menu for the Local Revisions 
it will contain less options.
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Open |
opens the selected resource in a read only editor
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Open With |
allows opening the selected recourse with 4GL Source File, Text, Default, or other editor:
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Compare current with ... |
opens the selected resource in the Text Compare editor |
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Get Contents |
loads the contents of the selected revision into the local copy of the file |
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Get Sticky Revision |
loads the selected revision over the local file |
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Tag with Existing |
allows moving an existing tag to the selected file revision |
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Show Annotation |
shows the contents of the file with annotations identifying the author of each line of code in the file |
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Refresh View |
refreshes the contents of the view |
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Add to Task Context |
allows adding selected items to the Task List context |
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Open Corresponding Task |
opens the tasks matching the selected resource (if the task cannot be matched, prompts to open the Repository Task dialog) |
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