Check-out/check-in comments?

ismangil · Post by **ismangil** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:25 am

What does the check-out comment affect? It seems if a check-out comment is specified (usually mistakenly!), it will be used for check-in comment, overwriting the changeset comment we usually specify as part of check in using VS2003 IDE.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:10 am

A checkout comment (more accurately called an "item comment") doesn't overwrite a change set comment. These are different types of comments and are seen in different places in History.

--If a file has an item comment AND a checkin (or change set) comment, the item comment appears in File History and Folder History by Item. The checkin comment appears in Folder History by Version.

--If a file has only an item (checkout ) comment, the item comment appears in File History and Folder History by Item. There is no comment in Folder History by Version.

--If a file has only a checkin comment, then the checkin comment appears in all three History locations.

If you're seeing something different, let us know and we'll try to reproduce it here.