Viewing files in the repository

Use the Repository Files view to browse the files in a repository workspace or stream.
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You can use the Repository Files view to browse, but not modify, files in a repository workspace or stream. This view to displays lists of files that you can open to review their content, or select to initiate operations such as compare, show history, or load.

To open the Repository Files view:

  1. In the Pending Changes or Team Artifacts view, right-click a component or workspace and click Show Repository Files to list the projects in it.
  2. Expand the projects in the component or workspace to show the files and folders they contain. Folders that contain only a single folder and no files expand automatically.
  3. Right-click a file and choose any of the following operations:
    • Open File opens the file that is in the selected version of the component in the repository.
    • Open Local File opens the file if it is loaded into the selected component in your Eclipse workspace or displays a message that there is no local copy of the file.
    • Annotate opens an annotated view of the repository file. For more information, see Viewing annotations.
    • Show History opens the History view showing the change history of the repository file. For more information, see Viewing the change history of a file
    • Load loads the repository file into your Eclipse workspace. If the file is already in your Eclipse workspace, you will be prompted to confirm that it can be overwritten.
    • Load As loads the repository file to a location on your local machine that you specify, referred to as a sandbox. If the file already exists in the specified location, you will be prompted to confirm that it can be overwritten.
    • Compare With opens a Select Location window where you can choose another component, stream, workspace, or baseline in which to search for a version of the file to compare with selected repository file.
    • Compare With Local File compares the version of the file in your Eclipse workspace with the selected version in the repository or displays a message that there is no local copy of the file.

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