eclipse search in history

It is possible to search in previous revisions of saved file? This is internal eclips开发者_如何学编程e version system which is accessible on History view, not svn or anything like it.

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You can create a new Project on the folder "(insert workspace root here)\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.history" and do a file search on this project.

Don't forget to add a plain "*" to the "File name patterns" in the Search window, as the Eclipse history files have no file extension at all (so they would not be found by "*.*").

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right click the project in eclipse..then click history and maximize history by double clicking on it.. then check for a button's icon like multiple arrows click it and search with comments or author.

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You can search the Eclipse local history on your file system using unix commands.

• The Eclipse local history is stored in eclipse-workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.history
• Files are randomly named (./53/c05661ce5d3d001a1f3eef73aaebdbfd), so you'll need to search for content.
• The grep command below lists all files containing "WHATEVER", i.e. your latest changes.
• The find command below does the same plus it shows the last updated timestamp, so you can pick out the file with the latest changes.

$ cd eclipse-workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.history
$ grep -r "WHATEVER"
- OR
$ find . -exec grep "WHATEVER" '{}' \; -ls 2>/dev/null