Command line update --override

[JakubH]

We have a workspace with a locally changed item. We want to update the workspace and overwrite (discard) the change. There is a command in a command line interface, which should be able to do that:

cm update --override

It was working until one or two weeks ago. Now, it says:

C:\>cm upd --override C:\Test
Searching for changed items in the workspace...
The workspace cannot be updated since there are pending changes. Please review the pending changes and retry the operation again.

It seems that the override parameter stops working, and we cannot find out why.

[JakubH]

Um. I think, I've found a workaround, even though it is a bit awkward:

cm fc -R . | cm co -
cm fc -R . | cm unc -

cm update .

 

The undo changes command did not work without checking out first...

[manu]

Hi Jakub,

 

the "cm unc YourFIle" command will directly work and you'll save steps

[JakubH]

the "cm unc YourFIle" command will directly work and you'll save steps

 

?

Yeah, it probably works, but it is not what we want.

We want to update the whole workspace and override all changes made. I thought the cm upd --override is exactly what we need, but it doesn't work now.

[manu]

You can change the preference "Behavior when trying to switch / update the workspace with changed items" to "Allow" and you will be able to use again the --override option.

[JakubH]

Actually, this doesn't help. The --override still doesn't work. Nevertheless, its not a big problem, as the workaround I described works fine. It is just cumbersome a little.

[manu]

It should work, it works for me.

 

Can you please, if you have time, post us what happens if you change the preference to "Allow"? Close the GUI after saving the preference to make sure it's saved, then issue the command.

[JakubH]

I am sorry, I was wrong. I check that preference again and it was not set to Allow on that machine. (It is not set that way on my machine too, but that's OK, I don't wont to use --override myself.) It is working now. Thanks.

[manu]

Oks!

[rattler]

We have installed Plastic SCM via CLI on a new server and there appears to be an extra line in the configuration file.

 

<PendingChangesOnSwitchAction>Fail</PendingChangesOnSwitchAction>

 

This line appears to not allow us to update with pending changes in the work space. Could you tell me what we need to set this line to so that updates can happen with pending changes?

 

I have tried setting this to Allow but this appears to not work.

 

Thanks,

[rattler]

It appears that the GUI options map to the following:

 

None -> Allow

Warn -> Allow, showing a warning

Fail -> Do not allow, show an error

 

Setting this line in the config to None:

 

<PendingChangesOnSwitchAction>None</PendingChangesOnSwitchAction>

 

Allows the work space to be updated but does not overwrite the changed files.

[manu]

Totally right!