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Browse version history & diff
Last updated June 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Now that you have versions, how do you look at them? How do you compare two? That's what this article covers.
Open the version control panel
Click the "History" icon at the top of the File explorer panel (or press Cmd/Ctrl ⇧ G). The panel lists every version in this book, newest first — the latest version is at the top.
Two ways to browse
1 · Click any version → select it in the panel
Clicking a version highlights it in the timeline. That's a panel selection only — it doesn't switch the editor's content and doesn't change anything.
To see what an older version's content actually looked like, use the "Compare" diff view below, or open "File history" on a single file.
2 · "Compare" (compare with previous)
Hover a version and a "Compare" button appears next to it. It opens a diff view:
- Left: the previous version
- Right: this version
- Green = added, red = removed (in the changed-files list, a whole file that was edited gets a separate amber "modified" status badge)
This is what the new "compare versions" step in onboarding teaches — see Welcome to Slima.
Filter
The panel has one filter toggle:
| Filter | What |
|---|---|
| Hide auto snapshots | Show only your named (manual) versions, hiding the system's auto-versions |
It only appears when the book has auto-versions. To trace a single file's history, open "File history" on that file in the tree instead.
Cross-file versions
Slima's versions are book-scoped — one version captures the state of every file at that moment. So:
- "Revision pass 1" includes the whole book as it was
- Not just one chapter
- Restore is whole-book (or per-file, see Restore the whole book or a single file)