Using the Plug-In for Eclipse › Set Pessimistic Mode

Set Pessimistic Mode

You can set up your environment to use pessimistic mode.

To set up your environment to use pessimistic mode

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

   The Preferences dialog appears.

2. Clear the Allow editing without checkout preference.

   Pessimistic mode is enabled and forces any file to be checked out before it can be edited.

3. Verify that the administrator has enabled either Update mode or Concurrent Update mode or both for that check-out process in the Administrator application.

   Your environment is set to use pessimistic mode.