Undo checkout option on command line no effect

[Carl]

The GUI client works fine if you've set the option to undo checkout when checking in an unchanged file.

But I haven't got it to work from the command line or the API library. A command line of this form will cause a checkin to be logged just as if the -unchanged option were not present:

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vault checkin -host xxx -user yyy -repository zzz -unchanged undocheckout "$/Item path"

I get the same behavior using the library method

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ServerOperations.ProcessCommandCommit(ItemPaths, UnchangedHandler.UndoCheckout, ...)

What am I missing that I need to make these work?

Vault 9.1.0 on 64 bit Windows 10.

Thanks,
Carl

[Beth]

Do you have the 2.0 or 3.5 .Net framework installed?

[Carl]

Yes, both of those frameworks are installed.

[Beth]

I can't replicate the behavior yet, so I will have more questions.

Is there a Vault GUI client on the same machine? If so, what do you have set in the Vault Tools - Options - Check In/Branch - Check in unchanged files?

[Carl]

I have the GUI set to "Check in unchanged files" = "Undo Check Out" and it works the way I said.

I discovered more info. Everything works as expected if you just check out the file and don't touch it. The discrepancy occurs if you rewrite the file with identical content. It will then show up as "Edited" in the GUI. If you check in from the GUI, the checkout is undone but if you use the other methods the file will be checked in.

Is the GUI client perhaps doing extra work to diff the files and decide to undo if they're identical?

The command line client produces different output in these two cases, shown below.

Thanks!
-- Carl

Output from the untouched file:

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<vault>
  <changeset />
  <!--Undoing check out of file $/Carls Tests/MakeWix/TODO.txt-->
  <result>
    <success>True</success>
  </result>
</vault>

And now from the rewritten but identical file:

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<vault>
  <changeset>
    <ModifyFile>
      <id>0</id>
      <repospath>$/Carls Tests/MakeWix/TODO.txt</repospath>
      <localpath>C:\Users\carl.clawson\Projects\Scratch\Carls Tests\MakeWix\TODO.txt</localpath>
    </ModifyFile>
  </changeset>
  <!--Preparing data to begin transaction-->
  <!--Beginning transaction-->
  <!--    Check in $/Carls Tests/MakeWix/TODO.txt-->
  <!--Ending the transaction-->
  <!--Transaction completed successfully-->
  <result>
    <success>True</success>
  </result>
</vault>