From 7d43dccc693f37b38e9fe12bd0f59904122e486c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Billie Simmons <49491949+JillieBeanSim@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:22:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] initialize the filesToCompare array

Signed-off-by: Billie Simmons <49491949+JillieBeanSim@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/zowe-explorer/src/shared/init.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/shared/init.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/shared/init.ts
index 12ba91952b..4a71f2b40d 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/shared/init.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/shared/init.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ export function registerCommonCommands(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, provide
                 return globals.FILE_SELECTED_TO_COMPARE;
             })
         );
+        // initialize the globals.filesToCompare array during initialization
+        globals.resetCompareChoices();
     }
 }