The Stream Version Browser

The Stream Version Browser tool is a variant of the Stream Browser. It displays the stream hierarchy for an entire depot; each stream, snapshot, and workspace in the display represents a version of a specified element.

Opening a Stream Version Browser Tab

The Stream Version Browser displays information about one particular element. In a File Browser, select a file or directory element in the Details pane. Then click the Browse Stream Versions toolbar button.

Stream Version Browser Tab Layout

The Stream Version Browser display is almost exactly the same as the StreamBrowser display. But the pathname of the specified element is displayed in the upper left corner of the tab. Also, the workspace that you were in (when you invoked the Stream Version Browser from in the File Browser) is displayed at the bottom of the GUI window.

Each box in the Stream Version Browser display represents the version of the specified element that is currently in that stream, snapshot, or workspace. A workspace box indicates the version in the workspace stream, which is not necessarily the same as the file in the workspace tree. They differ if the file has (modified) status.

Working in a Stream Version Browser Tab

The Stream Version Browser has many of the same commands as the StreamBrowser for controlling the display. These commands, available in the Stream Version Browser toolbar, include:

Search for Stream

Find the stream(s) whose name includes a specified character string. A Search for Stream dialog appears.

Graphical Display

Display the depot's stream hierarchy as a tree

Tabular Display

Display the depot's stream hierarchy as a table

Graphical/Tabular Display

Display the depot's stream hierarchy as a tree in one pane, and as a table in another pane.

Similarly, the Stream Version Browser includes many of the same commands as the Version Browser, for operating on a selected version of an element. These include:

Open

Run the appropriate command on the version, according to its file type.

View

Open a text editor on a temporary copy of the currently selected version (text files only).

Save As

Copy the currently selected version to another filename.

Merge From

Merge the selected version into the version in the workspace from which the Stream Version Browser was invoked.

Patch From

Patch the selected version into the version in the workspace from which the Stream Version Browser was invoked.

Send To Workspace

Activate the selected element in the workspace from which the Stream Version Browser was invoked.

Send To Issue

Record the selected version in the change package section (Changes tab) of one or more issue records. The default query is executed, and you are prompted to choose one or more of the records selected by the query. You can also create a new issue record, to which the selected version(s) will be sent.

Show Difference

Compare the selected version with another version of the element. AccuRev changes the mouse pointer, to prompt you to select the other version.

Properties

Displays a message box containing information about the selected version.