CVS Update/Merge

The CVS Update/Merge preferences page contains options which affect the update/merge workflows.

Option	Description	Default
When performing an update	Use this option to select what the workflow should be for performing an update. The options are: Preview all incoming changes before updating: All incoming changes are displayed in either the synchronize view or a dialog. The user must explicitly select which resources to update and deal with conflicts. Update all non-conflicting changes and preview remaining updates: All non-conflicting resources are updated automatically and a list of conflicts (if applicable) are presented to the user in either the synchronize view or a dialog. Never preview and use CVS text markup to indicate conflicts: All non-conflicting resources are updated automatically and conflicts are dealt with by adding the conflicting code to the file and using CVS text markup to delineate the boundaries of the conflict. The user must then go through each file that had a conflict, look for the markup, and manually merge the contents.	Update all non-conflicting changes and preview remaining updates.
When an update preview is required	Use this option to configure where to display updates. The choices are either in the synchronize view or in a dialog.	Preview updates in the synchronize view.

Option

Description

Default

When performing an update

Use this option to select what the workflow should be for performing an update. The options are:

Preview all incoming changes before updating:
All incoming changes are displayed in either the synchronize view or a dialog. The user must explicitly select which resources to update and deal with conflicts.
Update all non-conflicting changes and preview remaining updates:
All non-conflicting resources are updated automatically and a list of conflicts (if applicable) are presented to the user in either the synchronize view or a dialog.
Never preview and use CVS text markup to indicate conflicts:
All non-conflicting resources are updated automatically and conflicts are dealt with by adding the conflicting code to the file and using CVS text markup to delineate the boundaries of the conflict. The user must then go through each file that had a conflict, look for the markup, and manually merge the contents.

Update all non-conflicting changes and preview remaining updates.

When an update preview is required

Use this option to configure where to display updates. The choices are either in the synchronize view or in a dialog.

Preview updates in the synchronize view.

Here is what the CVS Update/Merge preference page looks like: