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Command: Compare to Remote Project

Symbol: _svn_icon_checkout.png

Function: The command opens the Select Remote Project for Comparison dialog.

Call: Project → SVN menu

Dialog: Select Remote Project for Comparison

Table 13. URL of SVN repository
_svn_img_input_field_url.png

URL of the project in the SVN repository that is compared

Example: file:///D:/SVN repository/trunk/ControlDEF.project

Hint: As soon as a valid SVN repository is specified, you can click the adjacent buttons or the options in Revision to browse and select a specific project.

_svn_button_revision.png

The label on the button corresponds to the selected revision.

  • HEAD: Newest revision (top revision)

  • 15: Revision number of the selected revision

  • 12/23/2016 11:59:59 (UTC): Change date of the selected revision (UTC)

After clicking the button, the Select revision dialog opens.

Note: The dialog provides the same options as the Revision group.

_cds_icon_three_dots.png

Opens the Browse SVN repository dialog for searching the SVN repository



Table 14. Checkout options

Omit externals

standard icon: Externals are not compared.



Table 15. Revision

Options for selecting a specific revision

Note: the current valid selection is also displayed next to the SVN repository URL.

HEAD

_cds_icon_radiobutton_acitvated.png: The HEAD revision is selected. This is the latest revision (top revision) within a branch.

Revision

_cds_icon_radiobutton_acitvated.png: A specific revision is selected by the revision number.

Example: 3

Date

_cds_icon_radiobutton_acitvated.png: The specific revision is selected by the modification date.

Example: 12/23/2016 11:59:59

Use UTC Time

standard icon: Modification date in universal time



Table 16. Compare Options

Ignore whitespace

standard icon: No comparison of whitespace characters

Semantically relevant whitespaces, such as in strings, are compared anyway.

Ignore comments

standard icon: No comparison of comments

Ignore properties

standard icon: No comparison of properties

Folders, the property Exclude from build, and POU images are not compared.

See: 'Properties' dialog



OK

Compares the SVN project with the working copy