Re: Track changes

On 17/10/2007, Christian Svärd <Christian.Svard@ssc.se> wrote:
> Is it possible to see if my local copy of a specific file differs from the
> repository version? It would be nice to have this feature since even if all
> the files in windows explorer have the green check-mark, some of the files
> could be different from the repository version if someone has committed any
> recently changes. The only way to really know that I have the latest version
> would be to check out every file again. Is there any other way, like for
> example having the files turn red in the explorer as soon as someone has
> committed any changes to the repository?

Use the Check for Modifications dialog.

No, the icons cannot turn red when the repository changes. That would
mean contacting the repository regularly to check. That means a
permanent network connection is required. now imagine thousands of
developers on the Apache or Gcc projects all doing that simultaneously
and think about the server load ...

Simon

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