Working with pending changelists
You can view pending changelist details and modify actions before committing changelists. You can also perform other actions on pending changelists, such as renaming them or adding them to code reviews.
To view and work with committed changelists, see Working with committed changelists.
1. Choose Tools > Changelists.
The Changelists dialog box opens.
2. Select My Pending from the Filter changelists by list to work with your pending changelists. You may also be able to view or perform actions on other users' pending changelists.
The changelists are displayed. A Helix ALM icon is displayed next to changelists and files attached to Helix ALM items.
3. Select a changelist or file and click a button to perform an action.
| Button | Use to: | More information |
|---|---|---|
| View Details | View details about the changelist or file actions. | Viewing changelist details |
| Commit Changelist | Commit the changelist, which perform actions on all files in the changelist at the same time. | Committing pending changelists |
| Rename Changelist | Rename the changelist. | Renaming pending changelists |
| Remove Changelist | Remove the changelist and all related file actions. | Removing pending changelists |
| Set Comment | Add comments to the file or all files in the changelist. | Adding comments to changelist files |
| Edit Action Details | Change the file action options. | Editing pending changelist file actions |
| Move Action | Move the file action to another changelist. | Moving pending changelist actions |
| Remove Action | Remove the file action from the changelist. | Removing pending changelist file actions |
| Differences | Compare the file to another version. | Viewing file differences |
| Edit File | Edit the file. | Editing files in Surround SCM |
| Merge | Merge the file with another version. | Merging files |
| Attach | Attach the file or changelist to an item in Helix ALM or an external issue tracking tool. Changelists and files are attached to items when changelists are committed. If a changelist is selected, the Attach button is only available if at least one file has an Add, Check In, Remove, or Rename action. If files are selected, the Attach button is only available if at least one file has an Add or Check In action. | Attaching changelists and files to Helix ALM items or Attaching source files to external issues |
| Add to Code Review | Add the changelist to a code review. | Adding files to code reviews |
4. Select a changelist and click Save As to save it.
You can save changelists in HTML, tab-delimited, or comma-delimited formats.
5. Select a changelist and click Print to print it.
6. Click Close when you finish.