Ant User Manual

VssHistory

Task to perform HISTORY commands to Microsoft Visual Source Safe.

Attribute	Values	Required
login	username,password	No
vsspath	SourceSafe path	Yes
ssdir	directory where `ss.exe` resides. By default the task expects it to be in the PATH.	No
serverPath	directory where `srssafe.ini` resides.	No
fromDate	Start date for comparison	See below
toDate	Start date for comparison	See below
fromLabel	Start label for comparison	No
toLabel	Start label for comparison	No
numdays	The number of days for comparison.	See below
outputfilename	File to write the diff.	No
recursive	true or false	No
style	brief or codediff or nofile. The default is brief.	No

There are different ways to specify what time-frame you wish to evaluate:

<vsshistory recursive="true" 
        fromLabel="Release1"
        toLabel="Release2"/>

Shows all changes between "Release1" and "Release2".

<vsshistory recursive="true" 
        fromDate="01.01.2001"
        toDate="31.03.2001"/>

Shows all changes between January 1st 2001 and March 31st 2001 (in Germany, date must be specified according to your locale).

<vsshistory recursive="true" 
        numDays="-14"
        toDate="31.01.2001"/>

Shows all changes in the 14 days before January 31st 2001 (in Germany, date must be specified according to your locale).