Create a New Version

Altair Drive Desktop provides a version control system which enables you to create a new version, track changes and collaborate with other team members.

  1. Click Open MyFiles on the Home tab.
    Your mounted files location is displayed in Windows Explorer.
  2. Right-click the input file, select Altair One > Create Version.


    Figure 1. Create Version
  3. To view the initial version and called start is created in the default main branch, right-click the result file, select Altair One > Version Tree.
    Figure 2. View Version Tree
    The Version dialog box is displayed.


    Figure 3. Version Dialog box
  4. Modify the file contents and save the changes.
    An asterisk (*) symbol next to the current version indicates it has uncommitted changes. It is also called the work-in-progress version.


    Figure 4. Current Version
  5. To create a new version, choose one of the following:
    • Right-click main and select New Version
    • Click New Version from the toolbar above.
    Figure 5. Create New Verison
  6. In the New Version dialog box, provide:
    1. For Version Name, enter a specific name for the version.
    2. For Description, enter a description about the changes you made to the file.


      Figure 6. Enter Version Details
  7. Click OK.
    A new version file is created.
    Figure 7. New Version File
  8. Click to view or hide the properties such as name, description, author, and timestamp of the version.
    Click to edit the description of the file version.
  9. The other actions you can perform using the version control are:
    • Restore will discard all changes made after a selected version.
      Note: A warning message appears about losing the changes made from the current version to the selected previous version.
    • Download the selected version to your local folder.
    • New Branch create a new branch to manage specific updates independently.
    • Make Current to switch to the selected version as the current version. If you make a version current, the latest you can edit it and view the previous versions.