"Author of the Line" in VSS
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Is it possible to find out who added a specific line of code in source-code from VSS? Are there programs out there? tools ..? I'm currently going through a large project which has large number of people concurrently inserting/updating codes. While looking for lots "needles" in the haystack, I need to find out the person/user who wrote that line. What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task! - Malhar
Sounds like a good project. ;) [Sorry, I can't think of anything that would be helpful here. My brain is fried. Two horrible midterms yesterday and today.]
Picture a huge catholic cathedral. In it there's many people, including a gregorian monk choir. You know, those who sing beautifully. Then they start singing, in latin, as they always do: "Ad hominem..." -Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Is it possible to find out who added a specific line of code in source-code from VSS? Are there programs out there? tools ..? I'm currently going through a large project which has large number of people concurrently inserting/updating codes. While looking for lots "needles" in the haystack, I need to find out the person/user who wrote that line. What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task! - Malhar
Subversion[^] has blame :) Jeff Martin My Blog
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Subversion[^] has blame :) Jeff Martin My Blog
CVS does too, and that's pretty decrepit. Kind of shows up how god awful source safe is. Ryan
O fools, awake! The rites you sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old, Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness—and their law is dust. al-Ma'arri (973-1057)
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Is it possible to find out who added a specific line of code in source-code from VSS? Are there programs out there? tools ..? I'm currently going through a large project which has large number of people concurrently inserting/updating codes. While looking for lots "needles" in the haystack, I need to find out the person/user who wrote that line. What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task! - Malhar
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Is it possible to find out who added a specific line of code in source-code from VSS? Are there programs out there? tools ..? I'm currently going through a large project which has large number of people concurrently inserting/updating codes. While looking for lots "needles" in the haystack, I need to find out the person/user who wrote that line. What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task! - Malhar
From the History view, select the current "version" of the source and the previous version of the source and do a "Diff" on the code in question. Keep doing this until you find the person that made the change in question ...
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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From the History view, select the current "version" of the source and the previous version of the source and do a "Diff" on the code in question. Keep doing this until you find the person that made the change in question ...
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Fold with us|Development Blogging|viksoe.dk's sitemalharone wrote:
What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task!
Usually, by the time I get to analyzing the file for the "violating" change, there are already at least a dozen versions occured on top of it. :((:(
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Is it possible to find out who added a specific line of code in source-code from VSS? Are there programs out there? tools ..? I'm currently going through a large project which has large number of people concurrently inserting/updating codes. While looking for lots "needles" in the haystack, I need to find out the person/user who wrote that line. What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task! - Malhar
http://www.codehistorian.com/codehistorian-overview.php[^] This will give you exactly what you are looking for and more.
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malharone wrote:
What i do now, is that I manually perform the diff amongst the various versions until I find that line. It'd make my life lot easier if I can find such tool that'd automate this mundane task!
Usually, by the time I get to analyzing the file for the "violating" change, there are already at least a dozen versions occured on top of it. :((:(
Yes, that is kind of the problem ... I am not familiar with another means to accomplish this in VSS.
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http://www.codehistorian.com/codehistorian-overview.php[^] This will give you exactly what you are looking for and more.
Yup .. was just looking at it .. but can't say for sure if the price is justifyable!! :~ . I only need one of the features and could care less of the rest 99 of them. I was hoping there was a freebie out there that does just the diff part. Thanks for the pointer though. - Malhar
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Yup .. was just looking at it .. but can't say for sure if the price is justifyable!! :~ . I only need one of the features and could care less of the rest 99 of them. I was hoping there was a freebie out there that does just the diff part. Thanks for the pointer though. - Malhar
It's got a 30 day free trial so you can see for yourself.