Compare

The functionality in JadeGit allows you to view commit details and compare commits in any history view.

View Commit Details

Use the View Commit Details option in the context menu for a selected commit to see detailed information, including the author, message, date, and files changed. The differences displayed are based on a comparison with the commit’s parent.

Compare Commits

Use the Compare Commits option in the context menu to view differences between two commits in the history, selected while holding Ctrl.

You can use the Switch Commits option to swap the comparison order and see changes in either direction.

Extract Patch

The Extract Patch dialog can be opened from the menu for both the View Commit Details and Compare Commits forms.

It enables you to generate a Jade patch based on the commit or comparison currently displayed. When using Compare Commits, if the comparison direction has been reversed using Switch Commits, this can be used to undo changes.

If User Name and Patch Number are left blank, for each schema entity in the patch, the author and ID of the last commit that updated it are combined as the modified by user name. If a User Name is specified, that value is used for all entities in the patch.

To streamline subsequent extracts, the last-used Output Folder and User Name are stored in the initialization file under the JadeGit section (PatchExtractDirectory and PatchExtractUserName).