Supported Features

• SnapSource can recurse directory of more than one software project. Each project can be configured separately via a configuration file.
• Inclusion and exclusion of directory or file names can be controlled using three options INCLUDE_PATTERS, EXCLUDE_PATTERS, and EXCLUDE_DIRS.
• Automatic snapshots were taken by using cron facility. Activation of cron can be done by passing option -i.
• Differences between two snapshots can be displayed side by side (two-column format). This can be used for displaying the differences between a base and a delta file or between two delta files. Modified, changed, and deleted lines in the source code are shown in different colors for easy browsing.
• List all delta files of a selected source file.
• Search delta files by date. In most software development stage, modifications to source codes usually possess temporal locality, i.e. changes to a number of files made at about the same time. This feature might be useful in finding out this group of files, because usually changes made in this group are somewhat interrelated. The date specification must follow one of the following formats:
  1. Year only, such as in 2000 to search for all delta files created in year 2000, or
  2. Year and month, such as in 2000/9 to search for all delta files created in September 2000,
  3. A complete year, month, and date, such as in 2000/9/17 to search for all delta files created on that particular date.

  The search results can be selected and compared to its base file.

• Recalculate the new set of delta files when the base file of a particular source code is set to a newer revision date.
• Uninstallation of a specific project by specifying the -u option
• In the project tree display, directory names are tagged with folder icon to facilitate easy distinction from regular files.
• Display of detail information of each delta file: number of changes, deletions, and additions.