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Set CA Harvest SCM Preferences

Setting CA Harvest SCM preferences lets you set up the Plug-In for Eclipse to suit your needs.

To set CA Harvest SCM preference settings

  1. Open the plug-in, and click Window, Preferences, Team, CA Harvest SCM.

    The Preferences dialog appears.

  2. Set the preferences you want to use for your plug-in sessions:
    Allow editing without checkout

    Allows file modification without checking out the corresponding item.

    Commit edited items on Latest Trunk

    Commits the changes to the latest trunk in the repository.

    Always prompt for description on check in

    Prompts for a description when you execute a check-in.

    Always check out latest version

    Specifies that the latest trunk or branch version is used for check-out.

    Preserve local changes during Undo Check Out

    Preserves the changes in your local copy of the resource when you undo a checkout operation. By default, the undo checkout operation releases the reserved version in the CA Harvest SCM repository and checks out the latest version of the selected resource to the local Workspace. During this process, the changes made to the resource in the local Workspace are lost. The changes include edit and modify operations. When you select this option, the undo checkout operation only releases the version in the repository and retains the local changes on the existing version, without checking out the latest version.

    Delete Behavior

    Specifies how deletion of managed files should affect the CA Harvest SCM repository.

    The delete behavior applies to managed files and to the effect on the CA Harvest SCM repository when a managed file is deleted on the client. You can delete the file locally without affecting the repository or you can update the repository to show that the item has been deleted (a D-tag version is created).

    Show Package State column for Versions in Lists View

    Adds the Package State column for versions in the Lists View. The column represents the state in which the package that includes the version currently resides.

  3. Click Apply to apply changes only or click OK to save changes and dismiss the dialog.
  4. (Optional) Click the Restore Default button to restore dialog settings for the currently displayed preferences to their default values.

    Your CA Harvest SCM preferences are set.