File Checked Out on One Computer - Undo From Another

kwilliams · Post by **kwilliams** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:19 am

This is probably a stupid question, but I just can't figure it out. I exclusively checked out a file (web.config for an ASP.NET project) on my old computer and now I need to undo that checkout so that I can modify it on my new computer. I no longer have access to the old machine.

How can I force that checkout to be undone?

kwilliams · Post by **kwilliams** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:33 am

Okay, it WAS a stupid question. It's RIGHT THERE in the admin tool. I don't know how I missed that!

George Mills · Post by **George Mills** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:31 pm

We do this frequently in vss

can the user undo the checkout on another machine? We are constantly juggling between instruments and our desktops and end up in this situation.

dan · Post by **dan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:12 am

George Mills wrote:We do this frequently in vss can the user undo the checkout on another machine? We are constantly juggling between instruments and our desktops and end up in this situation.

Not currently (you can only undo a checkout from another user or another machine from the Admin Tool). We do plan to allow a user to undo his or her own checkout from a different machine in a future release.

montek · Post by **montek** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:48 pm

kwilliams wrote:Okay, it WAS a stupid question. It's RIGHT THERE in the admin tool. I don't know how I missed that!

Be careful, though, because if more than one person has it checked out, it will undo EVERYONE'S checkout without warning. (Not expected behavior, IMO.)