19.2 Checking In a Project To a Version Control Server

  1. In the Project view, right-click a project name, then click Check In.

    You can also select the Check Project Into Version Control Server icon on the main toolbar.

  2. If the project you are checking in already exists on the version control server, skip to Step 8.

    or

    If the project you are checking in does not exist on the version control server, you see the Check In Project page displayed. Continue with Step 3.

  3. If you have multiple projects in the Project view and you clicked the Check Project Into Version Control Server icon, select the project you want to check into the version control server from the Select Project drop-down list. If you select Check In from the Project view, you won’t see the Select Project list.

  4. Under Step 1. Specify your repository location, provide a URL pointing to where you want the project to reside on the version control server. The Check In Project page gives three examples:

    • c:/subversionrepo

    • http://subversionserver.mycompany.com

    • svn://localhost

    • https://subversionserver.mycompany.com/svn/myrepository

    The list of supported protocols includes:

    • svn

    • http

    • https

    • file

    • svn+ssh

    You can click the Browse button to browse for folders that are saved either locally or on a network drive. You can also create a new folder from the Browse For Folder page.

  5. Under Step 2. Specify the location of your project, type the folder name that will contain this project on the version control server.

    You can also click the Browse button to bring up the Version Control Server Browser page. This browser helps you determine the correct URL where projects are stored and only shows base folders and corresponding projects.

    The base folder cannot be a directory of a Designer project. However, the base folder can contain multiple projects as subdirectories. You create base folders through an external svn client.

  6. (Optional) Under Step 3. Provide a comment for your project, type a comment concerning the project, then click OK.

    Whenever you perform an operation that affects the contents of the server, you are prompted for a comment. Comments are useful when keeping track of the changes you make from one session to another.

  7. (Optional) If you have made changes to more than one project in the Modeler view, you need to save those changes before checking a project into version control.

    1. Select Save All Editors to bring up the Save Resources page, which allows you to save all open projects.

    2. On the Save Resources page, click OK. You are returned to the Check In Project page.

  8. Provide authentication to the Subversion server if required.

    Depending on the type of security you have set up, you might need to supply SSH authentication, SSL client certificate authentication, or basic HTTP authentication.

    Authenticate to the version control server
  9. If you are updating an existing project on the version control server, add new information to the Comment section of the Check In Project page.

    If you are updating a project, you see the selected project, the object’s children that have changes to be checked in, and objects that depend on the project and need to be checked in. If you choose to check in a single object, you only see that object in the Check-in page.

    Checking in a project to the version control server
  10. If you have more than one project open in the Modeler view, click Select Project to choose which project you want to save to version control.

  11. (Optional) If you have made changes to more than one project in the Modeler view, you need to save those changes before checking a project into version control.

    1. Select Save All Editors to bring up the Save Resources page, which allows you to save all open projects.

    2. On the Save Resources page, click OK. You are returned to the Check In Project page with an updated list of what is being checked in.

  12. Click OK to commit the files to the version control server. When the files are committed, click OK to close the Commit page.

    Committing files to the version control server