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Source Control

The Source Control tab enables you to set source control options. Source control lets you track multiple file revisions, prevents editing conflicts, reduces storage space, and makes compiling and building easier.

The following options appear on the Source Control tab:

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Get
Description
Update selected files with their latest version from the source control system.

 Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to update.
Selected Files
Files to update.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to update.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to update.

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Check Out
Description
Check out the selected files from the source control system and open them for editing.

 Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to check out from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
Files to check out.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to check out.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to check out.

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Check In
Description
Check in selected files to the source control system with an optional comment.

Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to check in from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
Files to check in.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to check in.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to check in.
Comments
You can enter comments.
Keep Locked
You can enable "Keep checked out" box if you want files to remain checked out (locked) after changes are submitted.

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Undo Check Out
Description
Revert the local version of selected files to the version in the source control system.

 Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to revert from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
Files to revert.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to revert.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to revert.

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Add File
Description
Add files to the source control system.

Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to add from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
Files to add.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to add.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to add.

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Remove File
Description
Remove selected files from the source control system. Files are not removed from the project directory.

 Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select one or more files to remove from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
Files to remove.
>
Move selected files to the list of those to remove.
<
Remove selected files from the list of those to remove.

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Show History
Description
Display the selected files' revision history.

Properties
Field
Value
Project Files
You can select the file whose history you want to display from the list of all files in the project.
Selected Files
File whose history you want to display.
>
Move a selected file to the list of those whose history you want to display.
<
Remove selected file from the list of those whose history you want to display.

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Source Control System
Description
Display the graphical user interface of the source control provider. This is useful when you want to work directly with the third-party utility.

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