Compare to Branch is an add in for Visual Studio 2010/2012 and TFS 2010/2012 that lets you easily compare files and folders across branches in Visual Studio. Just right click on an item in the source control explorer and a list of branch related items appears in a popup allowing you to easily compare that item across branches.

Lets you quickly and easily visualise the differences between different development versions of your code. The ability to compare across branches has always been available to TFS users by using the compare dialog but the number of button clicks required is too much. Compare to Branch reduces the process to just 2 mouse clicks.

The extension supports all combinations of Visual Studio 2010/2012 and TFS 2010/2012/TFS Preview.

Visual Studio 2013 Support and a lot more is now at

/vsgallery/1a8f5f25-941c-490c-a1c4-e26b4895be6c

(Note: If you run Windows 8 or IE then the hopelessly ill thought out 'Microsoft Smart Screen' filter may flag the download as harmful. Just click the More Info link and select run anyway)

History

01/09/2013 - Version 2.2 released
05/09/2013 - Version 2.3 released: Fixed some errors with renamed and moved branches