With the plugin installed, Alex's workflow transformed overnight:

Just as Alex was about to give up, they discovered the for Visual Studio Code. The Turning Point

: Instead of staring at "incomprehensible CVS diffs," Alex could now see changes in the familiar, clean Visual Studio Code side-by-side style.

: In environments like Eclipse, Alex found that a similar CVS plugin provided a unified "Synchronize View." This allowed Alex to manage merges and 2-way compares across different tools without having to relearn every single API.