What is the difference between "Compare with Workspace version" and "Compare with Latest version"?

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Bilal Fazlani picture Bilal Fazlani · Nov 26, 2013 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

I am using Visual Studio 2012 with TFS. Whenever I want to compare my checked out files, I have two options to choose from:

  1. Compare with workspace version
  2. Compare with latest version

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What is the difference ?

Answer

serhio picture serhio · Mar 28, 2014

  • Comparing with workspace version actually compares the edited file with the version of file at the time you checked out (compares exclusively your changes).

  • Comparing with latest version compares the edited file with latest version of file present at your code repository i.e. it might include changes made by your colleagues.

http://codereferences.blogspot.ca/2012/03/tfs-compare-with-workspace-version.html

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