6.1.2  Graph Actions

There are a few things that one can actually do on the history graph itself.

Firstly if one double left clicks on a revision node with a grey border (which indicates a propagation node) then a new History Graph window is displayed showing the other branch.

Secondly if you right click on a revision node then a menu pops up that allows you to perform certain actions. This menu is shown below.

Figure 6-4  A History Graph Window Showing Its Context Menu

Admittedly most of the menu is simply a convenient short cut to the buttons that are to the right of the history graph (see Section 6.1.3), but there are a couple of exceptions:

Menu Option

Description

Copy Revision Id To Clipboard

Copies the id of the revision node directly under the mouse cursor into the desktop's clipboard.

Compare Revision With Selected

Displays a Differences window showing the differences between the revision node directly under the mouse cursor and the currently selected node (see Section 5.2).