Take the 2-minute tour ×  For various reasons I need to supply
"proof" my company's lawyer that I implemented a feature by a
certain date. I have used source control since the late 90s and
even the oldest databases are still working. I also have the all
the old setups. Our release notes are not always as clear as
they could be and most of them are not dated but organized by
revision number.  I figure rather than guessing I as other
software developer if they know what is typically provided in
this situation given what I have. I am particularly confused
when a feature is spread among several source files. One feature
we need to document is not just dependent on an algorithm but
the UI as well and there a half-dozen files that were modified
to this.  Update By Completed, the feature was tested and
released to the customer and it worked. And listed in the
release notes. Also I already handed the lawyer the release
dates, and the release notes (when they existed). However that
was not sufficient. I need to show h