--- title: Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your... description: Visual Studio's October update lets you compare an earlier commit directly against your current working tree, including uncommitted edits. You can now... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding-xgipqevqf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding | daily.dev og:description: Visual Studio's October update lets you compare an earlier commit directly against your current working tree, including uncommitted edits. You can now... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding-xgipqevqf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XGipqevqf.png og:image:alt: Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Visual Studio's October update lets you compare an earlier commit directly against your current working tree, including uncommitted edits. You can now bulk-resolve merge conflicts by right-clicking multiple files or a folder and choosing 'Keep All Current' or 'Take All Incoming'. The update also adds a new GitHub Copilot Chat experience sharing the Copilot SDK used by the Copilot CLI, an opt-in Hot Exit feature that restores unsaved work on reopen, keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+PgUp/PgDn) for reordering tabs, and a Fonts and Colors settings page rebuilt on Unified Settings with search and inline previews. Update to the Visual Studio 2026 Stable Channel to get these features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I compare an old commit to my current uncommitted changes in Visual Studio? Visual Studio now supports comparing a commit directly with your working tree, including both committed changes and edits still in progress. Right-click a commit in the commit history or branch list in the Git Repository window and select 'Compare with Working Tree' to browse changed files and inspect diffs against your current code. _daily.dev surfaces release notes like this for developers tracking Git tooling changes in Visual Studio._ ### How do I resolve the same merge conflict choice across multiple files at once in Visual Studio? Select multiple conflicted files, a folder, or the repository root under 'Unmerged Changes' in Git Changes, right-click, and choose 'Keep All Current' or 'Take All Incoming'. The chosen resolution applies to every selected or contained conflicted file, instead of requiring you to resolve each one individually. _Developers merging large branches can follow daily.dev for updates on Git workflow improvements like this._ ### What is Hot Exit in Visual Studio and how do I enable it? Hot Exit preserves unsaved work between Visual Studio sessions, including new unsaved files and edits to existing files, restoring documents, changes, and tab/window layout on reopen; it also keeps undo history including Ctrl+Z. It is off by default; enable it via Tools > Options > All Settings > Projects and Solutions > General > 'Reopen unsaved documents on solution load or empty environment'. _daily.dev helps developers keep up with IDE settings like this before they lose unsaved work._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Streamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/streamlining-your-git-workflow-with-visual-studio-2026-hlb61tr8a) · Visual Studio Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Visual Studio Code 1.119](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-119-mv62hgw6d) · Visual Studio Code · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, May releases](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-in-visual-studio-code-may-releases-ljrce3spo) · GitHub Changelog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#visual-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/visual-studio) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding-xgipqevqf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding-xgipqevqf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding-xgipqevqf"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T16:02:07.528Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T16:10:41.078Z","description":"Visual Studio's October update lets you compare an earlier commit directly against your current working tree, including uncommitted edits. 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