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Search Text or Files in Local History

Find exactly what you are looking for, even if you removed it

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With the new Search field to the Local History dialog, you quickly get to the necessary text or files in your revisions.

Invoke Local History on a file, then press the Find shortcut, ⌘F (macOS) / Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux).

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