Tips and Tricks
The following tips will help you use XML Canon effectively as a version control system.
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Synchronize
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Any conflicts discovered during the synchronization process will be listed along with instructions for resolving the conflict. You cannot check in any changes until synchronization conflicts are resolved.
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Because XML Canon automatically treats all of the project’s resources as part of the Revision Control System, the Add Resource to RCS option of the right-button menu Multi-User menus is not applicable when working with XML Canon.
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When checking in changes, keep in mind that some changes are dependent upon other changes. (For example, a new child folder cannot be checked in until its parent folder is checked in.) If you check in a single change (using the Check in selected button) with a dependency on another change, the other change will also be checked in.
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Acquisitions are not recursive. When you acquire a folder, its resources and sub-folders are not checked-out.
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A folder must be acquired if you want to:
- rename the folder (or one of its resources or sub-folders)
- move the folder
- edit the folder’s description
- delete the folder