Check out and lock files
Perform exclusive checkout operations to prevent simultaneous edits.
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Check out a file to make sure that other users don’t simultaneously edit the same files as you. If you have lock rules set up, when you check out a file, you lock the file so that no one else can edit it until you check the file back in.
Note
A checkout only locks files if your server has lock rules set up.
Checkout
To check out a file, right-click the file and select Checkout.Note
To check out or lock a file with the command line, run the command.
cm partial checkoutForce a lock and checkout
If you don’t have lock rules set up, or want to ensure that a file is locked, you can select Lock and checkout. If the server for the repository doesn’t have lock rules set up, a dialog displays for you to add your own lock rule.Check out files recursively
If you need to lock all of the files in a folder, right-click the file and select Checkout recursively.Note
To perform a recursive checkout in the command line, run the command: .
cm partial checkout -R