Alternatives to the File Browser

The File Browser is not intended to completely replace the Windows Explorer or comparable tools on UNIX systems. For example, the File Browser does not attempt to implement the Windows "file types" functionality, based on filename suffixes.

Some people do most of their work inside an integrated development environment (IDE), such as Visual Studio or Eclipse. These environments have their own "explorer" or "file browser" built in, typically organizing files into separate "projects". You can use AccuRev commands within an IDE if an AccuBridge integration for that environment is available (or an integration from a third-party developer). Even if you use an IDE most of the time, you may want to use the File Browser occasionally:

It's important to keep in mind that you can use a wide variety of tools to make content changes A change to the contents of a file element, recorded in a new version created with the keep command. See namespace change. to a file, but you must use AccuRev commands to make valid namespace changes A change to the pathname of a file or directory element: either renaming the element in place or moving the element to a different location in the depot’s directory hierarchy.: renaming, moving to another directory, or deleting. The AccuBridge IDE integrations support these namespace operations.