Comparing Issues Between Revisions

Overview

Issue comparison lets you compare the issues in your current revision against an older revision, so you can see at a glance which issues are new, which have been remediated, and which are unchanged. It provides a snapshot of issue scan results across licensing, quality, and security scans within FOSSA.

Getting started

Issue comparison is available for both project and release-group scopes, including existing projects and release groups. It uses the same issues table as the standard issues view, so you can filter, sort, and action on issues directly from the comparison view.

Comparing two revisions

1. 1

   Open an issue category

   Navigate to a project or release group within FOSSA, then click a sub-category of Licensing, Security, or Quality.

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2. 2

   Start a comparison

   On the right-hand side of the page, above the filter, click the Compare button.

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3. 3

   Pick a revision to compare against

   Select an older revision to compare the current revision against.

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4. 4

   View the comparison

   The issue comparison for the two revisions is now displayed below.

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Toggling between New, Remediated, and Unchanged issues

When comparing two revisions, the menu on the left-hand side lets you toggle between three categories:

Select an option on the left-hand side and the page displays the issues in that category.

Supported project types

Issue comparison supports the following project types:

• Repo
• SBOM
• Binary
• Container