Branching occurs when an item in the child view changes if its behavior is set to Branch On Change. When an item branches, a separation occurs between the item and its corresponding item in the parent view. These separate items also begin to have different branch revision numbers.
When creating a branching view, if you select:
When you branch a view, any manual shares between items in the same view are not retained in the view’s child view.
As you add, move, share, and modify items, their behaviors can change.
When the check box for Branch On Change is disabled the item cannot branch. One of the following is true:
When Branch On Change is both enabled and selected, branching occurs the next time the item changes. At that time, a separation occurs between the item in the new view and its corresponding item in the parent view. The item that becomes separated from its corresponding item in the parent view takes on the following behaviors:
When the Branch On Change check box is enabled but cleared, branching does not occur when you change the item.
If the item’s configuration floats, the change is propagated to the parent view.
If the item’s configuration does not float, the item cannot be changed because the parent view cannot be updated. The item is treated as though it were read-only. For example, if the item is a file, you can edit it but you cannot check it in or change its properties.