About workflows

While branching provides high-level control over the change process, Surround SCM’s workflow gives you much more granular control. The built-in workflow engine enables you to model your organization’s change processes and ensure your team follows them every time a new file is created or change is made.

Configurable workflows let you define, control, and track the state of files undergoing change. You can create triggers that automatically set file states or your team members can manually change file states after checking in changes. See Adding triggers to set workflow states and Changing workflow states. File states can be displayed in the source file list, and are supported in filters and reports, enabling you to easily determine the overall status of files in your change process.

Surround SCM supports an unlimited number of workflow definitions, allowing you to specify the appropriate process for each repository. See Setting workflows for specific repositories.