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Method history for Subversion is here!

Monday, January 03, 2011 Pablo Santos 1 Comments

Simply put: right click on a C# method in Visual Studio and find its history instead the entire file history: we called it method history for SVN!!

Yes, here it is: if you’re a Visual Studio programmer using Subversion (Eclipse developers will have to wait a few more weeks…) and C# you can start using our plugin right now: it provides a new context menu command:

This command launches a window that displays the most recent revisions of the file containing the method. Then you will be able to navigate the different revisions and be able to filter the ones that contain the method and the ones where the method has been modified. It doesn’t matter how heavily you refactored your code, the plugin will locate it!

How to get it


Download the plugin here. It installs in just a few seconds and then a new menu option will show up on your context menu on Visual Studio. Testing it can’t be easier.

Action


Watch it live here:

Motivation


95% of the time you check the history of a file you’re looking for the changes you’ve done to a given method, aren’t you? Then you have to diff the files and locate the method yourself. It becomes a real nightmare if the method has been moved around in the file or if it has been heavily refactored.

We developed “method history” as part of our Plastic SCM version control system. Now we’re sharing it with Subversion users to enhance their day to day operations and also introduce them to our technology.

Send us feedback!


“Method history for Subversion” is still in beta so we really appreciate feedback through our forum (http://www.plasticscm.net).

Right now it only works for C# code, but we will be adding Visual Basic and Java support soon.

What’s next??


“Method history for Subversion” is just in its first release and only available from Visual Studio. The next steps we’re considering are:
  • Add support for VB and Java and later C++.
  • Improve current C# support (it doesn’t work for properties yet).
  • Improving method search (being able to track renamed methods).
  • Eclipse plugin.
  • Git support!

    Note for Plastic SCM users


    If you’re a Plastic SCM user (you’re using the Visual Studio plugin) and want to give a try to the SVN methodhist… contact us first because the two plugins collide and can’t be used on the same Visual Studio session (you’ve to use one, then close, then use another one). For SVN users… it doesn’t collide with ankhsvn!! :)
    Pablo Santos
    I'm the CTO and Founder at Códice.
    I've been leading Plastic SCM since 2005. My passion is helping teams work better through version control.
    I had the opportunity to see teams from many different industries at work while I helped them improving their version control practices.
    I really enjoy teaching (I've been a University professor for 6+ years) and sharing my experience in talks and articles.
    And I love simple code. You can reach me at @psluaces.

    • Pablo Santos

    1 comment:

    1. CJ RandolphJanuary 4, 2011 at 2:55 PM

      Very excited to use this tool, it looks great. Unfortunately, I am getting an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error in both Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 on both Win XP 32 and Win 7 64.

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