Backing up modified files

[robe070]

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to copy files that are currently modified to a backup directory?

I imagine this would be most useful as a right-click option in the Pending Change Set panel. Whatever files are selected are copied to some specified (remembered) destination, maintaining the directory structure.

regards

Rob Goodridge

[lbauer]

I've logged feature request 13914 for this functionality.

Note: If a Get or other operation overwrites a locally modified file, Vault does make a backup and stores it in the .sgvbak folder, which by default is located in the local working folder.

[robe070]

Thanks, but note the .sgvbak directory is not what I need. This is about backing up my changes to another disk drive so that if the disk drive crashes I have a backup.

The issue I have is that I can't check the changes in as they have not been unit tested yet and the changes are quite large taking 2 weeks or more. Of course I am backing them up, but its tedious and error prone keeping my backup list in sync with the pending change set.

[lbauer]

Thanks, but note the .sgvbak directory is not what I need.

Understood. The specific functionality you want is not in Vault at this time. I logged a feature request for the abilitly to backup to another disk location.

Also coming in Vault 5.0 will be a feature called "shelve" which will allow you to store changes in the Vault database without needing to commit them to the production tree.

[robe070]

I presume that when you Shelve a set of changes the current state of the working directory gets set back as if the changes had not been made - probably back to the baseline or maybe the tip. As I actually need to continue working on the files I don't think that Shelve will meet my need. (I've read the Shelve blog)

[shannon]

Actually, you'll have a choice to undo the changes in your working folder or leave them there when you perform the shelve.

[robe070]

In that case Shelve may meet my need. I presume overwriting a Shelve is easy to do?

[shannon]

Absolutely, you'll just give it the same name and we'll ask if you want to replace the old shelveset with the new shelveset.