INFO: Actions That Perform an Implicit GET (169257)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q169257

SUMMARY

Certain SourceSafe operations by default implicitly GET a local copy of a file. This is partially documented in the Online Help for the -G command line option

MORE INFORMATION

The following commands perform a GET when they are executed from the command line or the Visual SourceSafe Explorer:

Pin
Recover
Rollback
Share
Undocheckout
Unpin

This is by design. SourceSafe assumes that changes made to files in a project should be echoed to the project's working folder (directory). The GET does not happen under two conditions:

  1. If there is no working folder set for the project in the Visual SourceSafe Explorer.
  2. When you use the -G- switch on the command line.
For some of these operations, the Visual SourceSafe Explorer provides a way to override the default behavior. For more information, please refer to the User's guide and Online Help for the individual commands.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/1/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB169257
©2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.