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.
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Click Open MyFiles on the Home
tab.
Your mounted files location is displayed in Windows Explorer.
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Right-click the input file, select Altair One > Create Version.
Figure 1. Create Version -
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
Figure 3. Version Dialog box -
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 -
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
- Right-click main and select New
Version
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In the New Version dialog box, provide:
- For Version Name, enter a specific name for the version.
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For Description, enter a description about the changes you made
to the file.
Figure 6. Enter Version Details
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Click OK.
A new version file is created.
Figure 7. New Version File
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Click
to view or hide the properties such as name, description, author, and timestamp of the version.
Clickto edit the description of the file version.
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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.
- Restore