Source (Version) Control Settings in Visual Studio IDE

Current post is on how to change source (version) control  settings in Visual Studio IDE.

Source (Version) control software is an essential tool in every software company. It not only keeps the track of the history, but also its version and copy of it.

Clearcase and SVN are most common source (version) control softwares available in market. Clearcase is a proprietary software from IBM while SVN is open-source software with good developer support.

When writing a code which will go into source control or when you want to edit something in a file which is in source control, we all do check-out and check-in operations.

Some times in hurry we check-out the file which were not meant for check-out, resulting in undo-check-out operation with version-branch-deletion of that file.

In order to avoid such things, Microsoft Visual Studio IDE (VS 2005, VS 2008) provides the source (version) control settings.

Go to Tools >> Options in Menu bar of Visual Studio IDE:

Source Control Settings

Click Source Control >> Environment

Check-Out Settings:

1. On Save or On Edit:
• Check Out Automatically or Prompt for Check out are the options available. Select as per your needs
2. "Don't show Check-Out dialog box while checking out the items":  
• Un-Check the check-box, if you want to prevent above scenarios.
• Check the check-box of if you are precised enough and don't want a headache of another prompt.

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