If you decide not to keep your changes, you can cancel
a checkout.
About this task
If you decide that you checked out a file in error, or
you do not want to keep the changes you made to a file, you can cancel
the checkout instead of checking in the file. In this topic, you will
return the notes.txt file to a read-only state
by canceling the checkout.
To cancel a checkout:
Procedure
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Connect to the VersionVault WAN server, if you are not connected
already.
Expand the
My Views node in the
VersionVault
Navigator, right-click on the view called
yourname_tut_view and click
Connect. In the
WAN dialog box, fill in the connection
details, and click
OK.
Note: You can also select the view and click the
(
Connect to VersionVault
Server) button in the toolbar or you can select from the
VersionVault menu. In addition, if you are not connected to a
VersionVault server and you perform an action that requires
such a connection, the
WAN dialog box appears automatically.
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In the VersionVault Details view, select the
notes.txt file and click the (Undo the checkout for
the selected artifact(s)) button on the toolbar.
Note: You can also right-click the file and select Undo Checkout or you can
select from the VersionVault menu.
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In the Undo Checkout dialog box, clear
the Keep a copy of modified artifacts check
box and click OK.
Results
In the VersionVault Details view, note that the file
no longer appears with a checked-out indicator.