Viewing and Deleting History for Multiuser Development

You can view and delete the development history of a multiuser development repository.

This section contains the following topics:

Viewing Multiuser Development History

You can view the development history of a multiuser development repository.

In the Administration Tool, multiuser development history is only available when no repository is open and after the administrator sets up the shared network directory. This prevents the confusion that could occur if a user opened a history log that did not match an open, unrelated repository.

To view multiuser development history:

  1. Open the Administration Tool.
  2. Without opening a repository, select File > Multiuser > History.
  3. In the Multiuser Development History dialog, select a repository.
  4. In the Open Offline dialog, type the password for the repository.
  5. In the Multi User History dialog, right-click a row and select an option. The table describes the options in the Multi User History dialog.

    Tip:

    To see details for all revisions, right-click in the background with no rows selected and select View > Details.

    Action Description

    View > Repository

    Loads the selected master version of the repository in the Administration Tool in read-only mode.

    View > Prior to Merge > Projects

    Loads the selected version of a modified subset repository in the Administration Tool in read-only mode.

    View > Conflict Resolution

    Loads all necessary repositories of the selected version. Also shows the Merge dialog in read-only mode with all selected decisions as they were during the Merge Local Changes activity at that time. Double-clicking a row for a version with conflict resolutions has the same effect as selecting this menu item.

    This menu item is only enabled for versions that have conflict resolution.

    View > Details

    Displays a log with details for the selected versions, or displays details for all versions if no specific versions are selected.

    View > Prior to Merge > Changes

    Compares the modified subset repository of the selected version with the original subset repository and shows all changes made by the user in the selected version.

    Find and Find Again

    Lets you search the list.

    Select All

    Selects all items displayed in the dialog.

    Delete

    Available only to multiuser development administrators.

Deleting Multiuser Development History

Only multiuser development administrators can delete history.

Administrators are defined in a special hidden option file in the multiuser development directory. See Setting Multiuser Development Options for more information.

An administrator can delete the entire MUD history, or the oldest 1 to n versions. It is not possible to delete versions in the middle of the range. For example, an administrator cannot delete version 3 if there are still versions 1 and 2. If an administrator deletes the entire MUD history, newly assigned version numbers restart at version 1.

If an administrator deletes a MUD history version from which a developer has checked out a subset, and the developer is still working on it, the developer will not be able to publish to the MUD directory. As a result, deleting all MUD history prevents any developer who has currently checked out a subset from publishing it. Because of this, administrators should communicate with developers before the MUD history is cleared.