# requiresNetwork

> This is true if a network connection is required by the currently selected version control plugin to perform any action.

## Definition

* **Type:** Property
* **Namespace:** [UnityEditor.VersionControl](/engine/6000.5/script-reference/unityeditor/versioncontrol.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEditor.CoreModule

```csharp
public static bool requiresNetwork { get; }
```

### Remarks

E.g. before doing anything using Perforce you need to checkout the asset, in order to do that a connection to the server is required where as subversion does not require access to the server to do changes to an asset.