History
Introduction
Use the History dialog box to look at all the changes that have been committed to a development line of an app. You can open this dialog box from the Version Control > History… menu item. This dialog box is also used when selecting a revision to merge from, create a branch line off, or to create a deployment archive from.
Revisions
Each line in the grid represents a revision in the repository. For each revision the following information is shown, more information about each of these values is available below:
By selecting a revision in this grid, the tabs below the grid will be filled with information about this revision.
Revision
A unique alphanumeric identifier of the revision in the repository. The revision identifier is the Git hash for the commit and is unique for a whole repository.
Changes
A visual summary of the changes in the selected revision, each icon represents different type of change:
| Icon | Change Type | Notes |
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Merge commit | Indicates that the commit is a merge of two different commits. Hovering over will show both the parent revisions. |
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Model changes | Indicates that there were some changes made to the app model. For example, changes to the domain model, microflows, or pages. |
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Changes on disk | Indicates that there were changes on disk. For example, a file was added or removed. |
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Studio Pro changes | Indicates that there was a change to the Studio Pro version used to work with the app. For example, when upgrading the app from a previous version to the latest one. |
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Solution version changes | Indicates that a solution module used in the app was updated. |
Hover over this column in Studio Pro to get a textual summary of the changes.
Author
The person who committed the change.
Date
The date the revision was created, it can have one of the following values:
- Today - shown when revision was created today.
- Yesterday - shown when revision was created yesterday.
- the date - shown when the revision was created earlier than yesterday.
Time
The time the revision was created.
Message
The message saved with the commit. If the message is long, you can read it more easily in the Message tab page, below.
Details of Revisions
Below the grid are a number of tabs which give further details about the currently-selected revision.
Message
This tab shows the message saved when these changes were committed.
Related Stories
This tab shows a list of stories that are related to the changes.
Changes in Model
This tab shows a list of documents that were changed in the selected revision. From here you can jump to the currently selected changed document by clicking Go to, assuming the document still exists in the current version.
The Mendix version that was used to commit the revision to the model is also shown.
Changes on Disk
This tab shows a list of the files that were changed on disk. You can see whether files were added, deleted or modified.