view-project-history.md

title	View Project History | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	03/06/2017
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View Project History

The history of a [!INCLUDEmsCoName] Visual SourceSafe (VSS) project includes a list of all the actions taken on each of the project files, including file creation, addition, deletion, and recovery.

Note

A Visual SourceSafe project is more commonly referred to as the source control server folder, the location where the server version of a source-controlled file is stored on the server.

You can use [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull] to examine the history of the Visual SourceSafe project to which the currently loaded solution belongs. Based on the information displayed as part of the history of a project, you can retrieve local copies of file versions, restore deleted versions, or share a file version between projects.

To view the history of a VSS project

1. In Solution Explorer, select the project.

2. On the File menu, point to Source Control and click View History.

3. In the History of <Project> dialog box, perform any of the following actions:

   • View the source control system's copy of a selected file.

   • View detailed information about a selected file.

   • Retrieve a selected file to your local disk.

   • Check out a selected file.

   • Share a selected file between two source control projects.

   • Export the history report to a printer, a file, or the Clipboard.

See Also

Set and Retrieve Version Information
View File Status
Retrieve Files
Compare Files