diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 823dd714c7504..43106b9cf635c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Changes _Search & Compare_ to default to open file instead of diff
+  - Closes [#1651](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/1651)
+
 ## [14.2.0] - 2023-08-04
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b965b69398b11..1e6e8c0bba5d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ A big thanks to the people that have contributed to this project 🙏❤️:
 - Zyck ([@qzyse2017](https://github.com/qzyse2017)) — [contributions](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=qzyse2017)
 - Yonatan Greenfeld ([@YonatanGreenfeld](https://github.com/YonatanGreenfeld)) — [contributions](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=YonatanGreenfeld)
 - WofWca ([@WofWca](https://github.com/WofWca)) — [contributions](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=WofWca)
+- Svaught598 ([@Svaught598](https://github.com/svaught598)) — [contributions](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=Svaught598)
 
 Also special thanks to the people that have provided support, testing, brainstorming, etc:
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
index 84860c19462c9..bd5ffef2d1063 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Command, Selection } from 'vscode';
 import { MarkdownString, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, Uri } from 'vscode';
-import type { DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
+import type { OpenFileAtRevisionCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
 import { Commands, Schemes } from '../../constants';
 import { StatusFileFormatter } from '../../git/formatters/statusFormatter';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
@@ -161,26 +161,14 @@ export class CommitFileNode<
 	}
 
 	override getCommand(): Command | undefined {
-		let line;
-		if (this.commit.lines.length) {
-			line = this.commit.lines[0].line - 1;
-		} else {
-			line = this._options.selection?.active.line ?? 0;
-		}
-
-		const commandArgs: DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs = {
-			commit: this.commit,
-			uri: GitUri.fromFile(this.file, this.commit.repoPath),
-			line: line,
-			showOptions: {
-				preserveFocus: true,
-				preview: true,
-			},
+		const commandArgs: OpenFileAtRevisionCommandArgs = {
+			revisionUri: GitUri.fromFile(this.file, this.uri.repoPath!, this.ref.ref),
 		};
+
 		return {
-			title: 'Open Changes with Previous Revision',
-			command: Commands.DiffWithPrevious,
-			arguments: [undefined, commandArgs],
+			title: 'Open File',
+			command: Commands.OpenFileAtRevision,
+			arguments: [commandArgs],
 		};
 	}
 }