DiffFinder for VS2026 Gallery feed (extension)

The extension allows you to compare files in two shelvesets or one shelveset with pending changes. Based on https://github.com/rajeevboobna/CompareShelvesets by Rajeev Boobna and https://github.com/hamidshahid/shelvesetcomparer by Hamid Shahid. Improved in https://github.com/dprZoft/shelvesetcomparer Additional improvements in https://github.com/icnocop/shelvesetcomparer

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Author: Rami Abughazaleh
Version: 1.6.902.7
Updated: 12 days ago
Tags: VS2026, 2026, Shelveset, Comparison, Team Explorer, Diff, Difference, Differences, Compare, Review, Files, Items, TF, TFS, Team Foundation, Team Foundation Server, TFVC, Pending Changes, Pending, Changes
Supports: VS 2022 VS 2026

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DiffFinder

DiffFinder (from rajeevboobna / shelvesetcomparer) extends the existing hamidshahid / shelvesetcomparer Visual Studio extension. ShelvesetComparer is a Visual Studio extension that allow users to compare contents of two shelvesets (from on or different users).

DiffFinder extends it to also

allow comparison of a shelveset with current workspace local pending changes
compare shelvesets targeting different branches, e.g. $/BranchA/path/to/file1 with $/BranchB/path/to/file1

Color coding used in file comparison:

black: no difference / both files are identical
red: differences / both files differ
blue: file exists only in one of the compared containers (Shelveset or Pending Changes)

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DiffFinder for VS2026
- New release required because, although Microsoft VS2026 tries to be backward compatible, extensions which depend on VS objects (like TeamExplorer) still need to be recompiled with matching references..
DiffFinder for VS2022
DiffFinder for VS2019
ShelvesetComparer:
- ShelvesetComparer for VS2022 (see releases)
- ShelvesetComparer for VS2019
Previous versions:
- DiffFinder (VS2017)
- ShelvesetComparer (VS2017)

Examples

Open Shelveset selection from TeamExplorer:
Select two Shelvesets for comparison or one Shelvesets to compare with current Pending Changes:
File comparison view comparing two Shelvesets:
- Shelvesets with same file paths (same branch):
- Shelvesets with different paths (algorithm tries to find the best match (most common path parts)):
  - differerent branches but same relative path:
  - different branches and different paths:

Branches and tags

DiffFinder (remote / difffinder: https://github.com/rajeevboobna/shelvesetcomparer)
- main/master: equivalent to latest releases/ branch
- releases/*: release branches for corresponding VS version
- Release tags: DiffFinder-vN.N.N.N
ShelvesetComparer (remote / upstream: https://github.com/hamidshahid/shelvesetcomparer)
- SC/*: ShelvesetComparer branches with same logic as for DiffFinder
- Release tags: vN.N.N.N