Canceling a checkout (Windows)

You cancel a checkout from the DevOps ClearCase® Explorer as follows:

  1. Select the checked-out file.
  2. Right-click and select Undo Checkout from the shortcut menu.
  3. If you want to retain a private copy of the file, in the Confirm Undo Checkout dialog box, keep the option Save copy of the file with a .keep extension selected. You can remove the .keep extension later on by renaming the file.
  4. Click Yes to cancel the checkout.

Try it!

  1. Select the checked-out author.txt file.
  2. Right-click and select Undo Checkout.
  3. In the Confirm Undo Checkout dialog box, keep the option Save copy of the file with a .keep extension selected.
  4. Click Yes to cancel the checkout.
  5. Look for the copy of the author.txt file with a .keep extension: author.txt.keep. You may need to press F5 to refresh your view. Notice that this copy is not under DevOps Code ClearCase source control and is a view-private file. You can rename the file to any name.
  6. Check out the author.txt file again.
  7. Modify the contents, by adding, for example, your street address.
  8. Save the file and close the editor.
  9. Check in the author.txt file.

DevOps Code ClearCase creates version 2 of the author.txt file on its main branch.