Putting Back Changes

Bob begins work in his new workspace and makes changes to the file bringover.1, putback.1, and args.4. He decides that these changes are important and that Jane should have access to them. He uses the Putback transaction to copy the changes back to the common parent workspace man_pages.

1. Bob selects the man_pages_bob icon on the Workspace Graph pane and chooses Transactions > Putback (see Figure 11-6).

   Figure 11-6 Opening the Putback Transactions Window

   
   

2. When the Putback pane of the Transactions window opens (see Figure 11-7), Bob chooses the Preview option. By choosing this option, the transaction proceeds without actually copying files. Bob is able to view the output of the transaction without actually altering files; by using this option he is able to confirm that the transaction will proceed the way he expects.

   Configuring automatically loads the directory man/ into the File List pane. This is the directory that Bob specified when he created man_pages_bob; the value was saved in the workspace Codemgr_wsdata/args file. He could change the contents of the File List pane using the buttons directly below the pane.

   Figure 11-7 Transactions Window--Putback of man_pages_bob

   
   

   The output is shown in Figure 11-8.

   Figure 11-8 Output from Putback of man_pages_bob

   
   

3. Satisfied with the output, Bob deselects the Preview option and re-executes the Putback transaction.