Tools

The Tools menu includes the following commands:

Check out

Lets you convert a hijacked file to a checkout. It is available when you select a hijacked file in the right pane of the window.

Check in

Adds a new version to a file or folder element that you checked out previously. It is available only when the item that you selected is checked out.

Undo checkout

Cancels a checkout, which returns the element to the state and content that it was in before you checked it out.

Undo hijacked file

Overwrites the hijacked file currently selected with the version that was loaded into the view. It is available when you choose a file from Hijacked.

Update (on Linux and the UNIX system) or Update view (on a Windows system)

Starts an update for the selected object. This option is available when you select one of following objects:

• The view in the folder (left) pane of the Update Tool window.

  A graphic shows two horizontally aligned objects connected by an arrow that loops from the object on the left to the object on the right. The arrow shows that objects copied from the VOB appear in the snapshot view.

• A file in the Error folder.
• During an update preview, a file in the New or Change Needed folders.

History

Starts the History Browser, which shows the event records for the element that you selected. Each event record contains information about an operation (for example, checkin) that changed the element in its VOB.

Compare with old version

Starts a graphic tool that examines the differences between the hijacked or checked-out version in your view and the version that was checked in to the VOB originally.

Compare with new version

Starts a graphical tool that examines the differences between the hijacked or checked-out version in your view and the version in the VOB that is selected by the config spec.

Version tree

Starts the Version Tree Browser, which displays a graphic representation of the relationships among the selected element versions and branches.

Properties of old version

Displays a Rational® ClearCase® property window, which provides information specific to Rational ClearCase source control concerning the selected version in the Old Version column.

Properties of new version

Displays a Rational ClearCase property window, which provides information specific to Rational ClearCase source control concerning the selected version in the New Version column.