Working in the Versions Pane

You can perform several operations on a selected version in the Versions pane, using its context menu or the versions pane toolbar.

Open (equivalent to double-click)

Windows: Run the appropriate command on the file, according to its file type. (The Windows file-typing system — "file associations" — does not provide for assigning a file type if the filename has no suffix.)

UNIX: Open a text editor on the file.

Open Issues

Displays the change package(s) -- that is, the issue record(s) -- to which the version belongs.

Note: A version is "in" a change package if it -- or any of its descendants -- is the head version of an entry in that change package.

For a version that belongs to a single change package, an edit form opens on that one issue record. For a version that belongs to multiple change packages, an Issues tab opens, listing all the issue records.

View

Open a text editor on a temporary copy of the currently selected file (text files only).

Save As

Copy the currently selected file to another filename.

Merge From

(only when displaying the history of an individual file) Merge the selected version into the version in the workspace from which the History Browser was invoked.

Patch From

(only when displaying the history of an individual file) Patch the selected version into the version in the workspace from which the History Browser was invoked.

Diff Against Previous Transaction

Compare the selected version with the version that was in its workspace or stream just before the version was created.

Promote

(only available in the Active Transactions tab, not in other History Browser contexts)

Browse Versions

Open a Version Browser on the element whose version you selected.

Send to Change Palette

(dynamic stream only): Load the selected versions into the Change Palette, so that they can be promoted to other streams.

Send to Workspace

(only when displaying the history of an individual file) Activate the selected element in the workspace from which the History Browser was invoked.

Send to Issue

Create a new entry (or modify an existing entry) in the change package section (Changes tab) of one or more issue records. The version you specify becomes the head version of the change package entry; AccuRev determines the corresponding basis version automatically.

The default query is executed, and the results are displayed in a dialog (see Send to Issue : Associating Changes with an Issue). You are prompted to choose one or more of the issue records selected by the query. You can also create a new issue record, whose number will be entered in the dialog.

Properties

Displays information about the selected element. The data items displayed vary with the type of element.