Merged and actionable history feed

A system for displaying a history feed for a file within a user interface of an application, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method, the method comprising:
• identifying a file associated with the application;
• determining whether the file has at least one activity;
• when it is determined that the file has at least one activity, merging the at least one activity into the history feed;
• and
• displaying the history feed on the user interface of the application, wherein the history feed includes a plurality of history elements, wherein the plurality of history elements comprises at least one history element corresponding to the at least one activity associated with the file, and wherein the plurality of history elements are actionable.

A method for updating a history feed on a user interface of a client computing device, the method comprising:

• creating a history feed for a file comprising a plurality of actionable history elements, wherein the plurality of history elements includes at least one history element corresponding to at least one activity associated with the file;
• displaying the history feed on the user interface of the client computing device;
• detecting that a new activity associated with the file has been performed;
• and
• merging the new activity associated with the at least one version into the history feed.