In Compare 2.0, we've made it easy to pull a new version of specific metadata types and/or components in just a few clicks. This can be accomplished via refreshing a specific metadata type or refreshing a single item in the comparison results.
Refreshing specific metadata types
After running a comparison, it's common to make additional changes in your environment -- but in many cases, it can be a bit redundant to re-run the entire comparison for metadata types that are not being modified.
With the option to refresh specific metadata types, you can maintain the results of your original comparison while only querying Salesforce for the metadata types that you would like to retrieve again.
To refresh a specific metadata type, simply navigate to the filter pane on the left side of the comparison results screen and select the refresh icon next to the metadata type that you would like to update.
Upon selecting the refresh icon, the metadata type in question will briefly become grayed out and show that it is loading the new results from Salesforce.
Refreshing a single item in a comparison
When in a comparison, if you discover that one component is incorrect, and you want to update it, it can feel redundant to run a new comparison to grab the latest version of that one component.
With the refresh item option, you can update the component and refresh it from within your existing comparison without having to re-run the whole comparison.
To refresh a single item, right-click on a component and select the "Refresh item" option.
If multiple components are selected and you right-click on one of them, this will show an option of "Refresh selected items". Selecting this will refresh all the selected components.
When these right click options are selected, you'll see the spinning icon next to each of the items as shown below.
