Plasticscm questions about `checkout`

[givetimetolife]

I think plasitcscm has a problem with the design of  `checkout` and `undocheckout`. 

Let's look at an example first:
 

echo 'new changes' > file.txt

cm status --xml 
...
<Changes>
	<Change>
		<Type>CH</Type>
		<TypeVerbose>Changed</TypeVerbose>
		<Path>file.txt</Path>
...

cm co file.txt 
Item file.txt was correctly checked out

cm status file.txt --xml  
...
<Changes>
	<Change>
		<Type>CO</Type>
		<Path>file.txt</Path>
		<TypeVerbose>Checked-out</TypeVerbose>
		<Path>file.txt</Path>
...

cm unco file.txt
file.txt unchecked out correctly

cm status 
   

*** Why are all my changes to file.txt undone after I call `unco` ***

*** Why are all my changes to file.txt undone after I call `unco` ***

 

As described by 

cm undocheckout -h

, file.txt should revert to the type of `Changed`, and the modifications remain unchanged

```

    If an item is checked-out and you do not want to checkin it, you can undo
    the checkout using this command. Both files and folders can be unchecked 
    out. The item will be updated to the state it had before checking it out.

```

If it is the current design, I can achieve it through `cm undo`, why design a `cm undocheckout` ?


This confuses me, please help me
 

[blue]

Hi @givetimetolife,

Have you tried to use -k parameter?

[givetimetolife]

hi @blue，Thanks for your help, I got the behavior I wanted with `cm undo -k`.

My default language is CN, `cm undo -h` has no option -keepchanges.... 😢

[blue]

Hi @givetimetolife, can you please confirm if you are on the latest version of Plastic SCM(https://www.plasticscm.com/download) and make sure you are using the global version of Plastic SCM?