# 10. Version Control: What's New

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## 1. Repository Browsing from the Version Control Import Dialog

The Import Project (from Version Control Server) wizard now lets you browse your version control repository directly. All you need to do is provide the URL for your server and you can browse projects and choose the one you want to import.

## 2. Reverting Changes After You Get from History

When you get an older revision of your project from history, it is easy to make inadvertant changes. You now have the option to revert those changes before updating to the latest version so that you can avoid unecessary conflicts.

## 3. Synchronize Selections with the Outline View

When you select an object in the Version Control view, they are also automatically selected in the Outline view. This should help you to navigate to the object in the Outline view and perform actions that are not available in the Version Control view.

## 4. Added Expand All and Collapse All Buttons to the Version Control view

The Expand All/Collapes All buttons make it easy to expand and collapse the children of the selected item, or of all items.

## 5. The Revert Dialog Shows a Files Being Reverted

The Revert confirmation page now shows a list of files that are being reverted so you can make sure you are reverting the files you want.

## 6. The Version Control View Now Supports Multiple Selections

The Version Control view supports multiple selection so you can commit or update multiple objects at the same time.

## 7. Read Up On Version Control Best Practices and How Subversion Works with Designer Version Control

There are two documents that can help you better use version control with Designer 3.0. The first is entitled "Version Control Best Practices" and it includes some tips and best practices on using version control with Designer. The second document is entitled "Version Control with Subversion and Identity Manager Designer." This document gives more background on Subversion to help you make certain decisions, such as why you should choose one protocol over the others.

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