Managing source modifications
Team collaboration invariably involves some sort of source code repository – no longer is a shared network folder good enough. Version histories with trackable changes are part of the daily life of the professional programmer. Everyone has their favorite tools for viewing changes and checking in code, but you might want to try out the built-in repository support in the Delphi IDE as another way of getting updates or committing your work. We'll start by looking at a part of the IDE you may not have used much, the code editor's History tab, and then show how integrating source repositories can make that view much more useful.
Looking through your code history
The discussion on how version control works in Delphi starts with a look at the History tab of the code editor window:
Figure 2.11 – The code editor's History tab
When you're typing code, you're usually in the Code tab. When working...