Network Domain change and lost changes

kponder · Post by **kponder** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:05 pm

This weekend out network engineers changed the domain into which we login. Monday, I made some code changes to files that had already been checked out before the domain change. This morning I checked in two projects and their associated changes. Or at least I thought I had. It appears that all of my changes are gone, overwritten with the latest copy from the Vault database. After a little research, I am guessing that my laptop appeared as a different machine due to the domain change.

First question, shouldn't the VS check in menu option have shown me an option to merge the changes?

Next, is there any way that I can change the domain association that is stored within Vault for the files that I have checked out?

Thank You.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:21 pm

Did the domain for the Vault Server change as well?

You certainly can get unexpected results when machine names or domain names change, since the IDE relies on bindings to specific servers/paths.

Did any of the files get backed up into an _sgbak directory? That could have happened if the status was Unknown to Vault. If so you might be able to recover some of your modifications.

Probably the best way to set this right would be to backup all your working directories, undo your checkouts, and retrieve the project afresh. This would be in VS.NET under File->Source Control->Open from Source Control. This will set the proper bindings. Then you can re-checkout files and replace them in the working directory with the modified files you backed up.