Revision Control System with MidCOM
- Viewing the revision history
- Selecting the version
- Viewing the difference
- Difference between revisions
- Restoring a revision
Revision Control System or RCS is for viewing the differences between different versions of a page and makes it possible to restore an earlier version.
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Viewing the revision history
To get to see the list of changes made in a page in its history of existence click on Page -> Show revision history.
Selecting the version
After clicking on Show revision history there should be now a list of versions stored of the page. There are five columns describing each of the revisions
- Revision
- The version number of the revision. This will increase every time a change is made.
- Date
- Date the revision was made. This is the date when the page was saved.
- User
- Name of the user who committed the change.
- Lines
- Number of the lines changed.
- Message
- System message describing the change
Click on the revision version number (first column) you wish to view.
Viewing the difference
To view the difference to either newer or older revision, click on the appropriate action from the toolbar.
Difference between revisions
Differences in the revisions are indicated with colors. There are two main colors, which indicate the changes and the lack of color will indicate the parts that haven’t changed between the revisions.
- Green text highlights those parts that have been added to the latter version
- Red, over lined text highlights those parts that have been removed from the latter version.
Restoring a revision
To restore an older revision version click on Restore to this version (1.x) on the Page section of the toolbar. This will create a new version of the page, which will appear on top of the revision history, so it will be possible to still restore back to the original even after restoring another version.
