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Use Version Control
Once your version control product is installed and a suitable environment has been created, Enterprise Architect can then utilize that environment to control your project's packages.
The following topics describe use of the version control features of Enterprise Architect, accessed through the Package Version Control Menu.
Guide:
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Version Control Settings |
Version Control Configurations are used by Enterprise Architect to communicate with your version control system. You must define a Version Control Configuration in your project and then use that configuration to control the packages in your project. |
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Configure a Package |
To put a package under version control, you must mark the package as a controlled package, specify the version control configuration to control it and associate an XMI file with the package. |
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Check In a Model Branch |
The Check In a Model Branch command allows you to check-in all packages involved in a particular unit of work, as a single operation. |
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Check Out a Model Branch |
The Check Out a Model Branch command allows you to check-out all packages within a selected model branch, as a single operation. |
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Check In a Package |
The Check In command allows you to check-in the package currently selected in the Project Browser. |
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Check Out a Package |
To work on a version controlled package you must have the package checked out. The Check Out command allows you to check-out the package currently selected in the Project Browser. |
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Undo Check Out of a Package |
The Undo Check Out command allows you to undo the check-out of a package, discarding any modifications that have been made by restoring the package content to the latest revision held in version control. |
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Import a Package From Version Control |
You can retrieve packages from version control that have been created by other users, or by you in another model, and import them into your current model. |
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Apply Version Control to a Model Branch |
Enterprise Architect enables you to apply version control to all packages within a selected model branch, in a single operation. In this context, a model branch is a package that is currently selected in the Project Browser, and all of the packages contained within it. |
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Export a Version Controlled Model Branch |
The Export a Model Branch command exports version control information about the root package of a model branch, that is used to simplify the process of exporting and importing a hierarchy of packages from one model to another. |
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Import a Model Branch From Version Control |
Model branch files can simplify the process of exporting and importing a hierarchy of packages from one model to another. The Import a Model Branch command uses Enterprise Architect's Model Branch Files, of which there are few, to retrieve information about the root package file and import the model branch. |
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View Package Revision History |
The File History command allows you to review the change history of version controlled packages. It also enables you to check out a prior revision of the package for editing, effectively allowing you to roll-back to a prior revision of the package. |
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Validate Package Configurations |
You can test the validity of the version control settings associated with each version controlled package within your current model. |
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Resynchronize the Status of Version Controlled Packages |
Enterprise Architect enables you to re-synchronize the version control status of version controlled packages within your project with the status reported by your version control provider. |
Notes:
- Database replication should not be combined with version controlled packages
- If the packages under version control contain any alternative images and those images are subject to frequent change, you can set the Export alternate images option on the Options dialog to export the images to the version control repository when you check in the packages. If the images are not subject to frequent change, do not select this option and instead use Export / Import Reference Data to manage alternative images
