Using Project Options

Settings in the following areas of the Options tab of Project Properties dialog the affect the Integration:

Keyword expansion
The keywords in your files are expanded as the files are added or checked in, if both of the following actions have been performed:
  • Select the Keyword Expansion check box.
  • Include the extensions for your source code in the Expand Keywords for These File Extensions field.
Revision comments
The Integration passes along any comment associated with the files to the StarTeam Server. If the Require Revision Comment When Files Are Checked In check box is selected, files cannot be checked in without a comment. The Comment often provides a reason for the check in.
Exclusive locks
The Require Exclusive Lock When Files Are Checked In check box can be selected to reduce the chances that users will overwrite other users’ files. If this is done, you cannot check files in from your development environment unless you have exclusively locked them (preferably when you checked them out).
This project option overrides individual users’ settings for the Use Non-exclusive Locks in Integrations personal option. If this project option has been selected, users should also select the Exclusively Lock Files On Check-out personal option.
Read-only attribute
To reduce the likelihood that a user will edit a file that is not locked, the Mark Unlocked Working Files Read-only check box can be selected to reduce the chances that users will edit unlocked files.

Working copies of the files that change from locked to unlocked (for example, when they are checked in) become read-only.

When this project option is selected, it overrides the personal option with the same name, Mark Unlocked Working Files Read-only.