getting multiple files

travis_thelen · Post by **travis_thelen** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:07 am

First, let me compliment you on your product.

Now a big annoyance. I want the recursively get a number of files (and over-ride all working folders) - just like I could do in VSS. Why can't I do this with Vault.

I have included a sceen capture from the VSS window.

In general, I have found that whenever I have an annoyance with Vault it is where you have changed the behavior from VSS. If the new behavior were actually better, I would not mind - but often times your approach has glaring deficiencies to the VSS way.

Thanks,
Travis

P.S. I also get headaches using your diff tool - I'll save that message for another day.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:04 am

You can do a Get to a non-working directory with Vault.

The To box defaults to the working folder but can be changed by typing a new folder in the box or using the Browse button to locate a new folder. This can be a recursive operation.

The difference between this and VSS behavior is that changing the To: folder in Vault does not reset the working folder – it just overrides where files go for a particular Get Latest Version.

You would need to reset the working directory as a separate operation in Vault.

I can log this as a feature request for future consideration.

GregM · Post by **GregM** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:11 am

lbauer wrote:The difference between this and VSS behavior is that changing the To: folder in Vault does not reset the working folder – it just overrides where files go for a particular Get Latest Version.

You would need to reset the working directory as a separate operation in Vault.

I can log this as a feature request for future consideration.

It doesn't do this in VSS either, and I personally think it should stay the way it is in Vault.

GregM · Post by **GregM** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:13 am

lbauer wrote:You can do a Get to a non-working directory with Vault.

The To box defaults to the working folder but can be changed by typing a new folder in the box or using the Browse button to locate a new folder. This can be a recursive operation.

If a subfolder has a working folder, will the GET go to the working folder for that subfolder, or to a subfolder of the new folder specified in the dialog? VSS allows for either behavior (see the "build tree" checkbox).

travis_thelen · Post by **travis_thelen** » Mon May 24, 2004 12:03 pm

If a subfolder has a working folder, will the GET go to the working folder for that subfolder, or to a subfolder of the new folder specified in the dialog? VSS allows for either behavior (see the "build tree" checkbox).

When I ran a get - subfolders went to the working directory not the "new" subtree. VSS implementation of having choice is far better.