Checking for Local Modifications
You can use the Check for Modifications dialog box to show your working copy's status and the repository's status. You can see your local changes and you can see your teammates' changes to the repository since you last updated.
To check for modifications
In the tree pane or file pane, you can select a file or folder and do one of the following:
- In the version control toolbar, click
. - In the tree pane or file pane, right-click the file or folder you selected and then click Version Control > Check for Modifications.
- In the main menu, click Version Control > Check Changes.
Checking the Working Copy Status
Initially, the Check for Modifications dialog box shows the working copy status of the path you select -- you can check the file status and get information about your working copy's base revision.
You can use the following options to check the working copy status and check the repository status:
- Click Check Repository to show the file status in the repository.
- Click Update to refresh the table.
You can select the corresponding options to show or hide files by their file status. The table that shows the file status and commit information contains the following columns:
| Path | The path of the modified file. |
|---|---|
| Status | The file status in your working copy. |
| Remote status | Shows the file status in the repository. |
| Lock | If the file's locked, this field shows the user who locked the file. |
| Lock comment | The lock comment added by the user who locked the file. |
| Author | The author of the last commit that changed the file. |
| Revision | The latest revision to the file if there's a newer version in the repository; or, the revision the working copy's based on. |
| Date | The revision's commit date. If the file hasn't been committed, this field is the file's time stamp. |
Checking the Range of Revisions
At the bottom of the dialog box, you can find the range of revisions in use in your working copy. This is the range of the revisions where the files shown were last committed. The range only applies to the items displayed; select the Show Unmodified Files option to show the range across all files in the working copy.