File Browser: Controlling the Display of External Objects

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(This topic applies to a File Browser displaying the contents
of a workspace A location in which one or more users perform their work, using files under version control. Each workspace consists of a workspace stream in the repository and a workspace tree in the user's disk storage. -- not a dynamic stream A stream whose configuration changes over time, with new versions promoted from child workspaces and/or from other dynamic streams. It also inherits versions from its parent stream. or snapshot An immutable (frozen, static) stream that captures the configuration of another stream at a particular time. A snapshot cannot be renamed or modified in any way..)


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The Details pane of the File Browser can show both elements A file or directory that is under AccuRev version control. See version. and external objects A file or directory that is located within a workspace tree but has not been placed under version control has 'external' status.. The Show External Elements preference provides an all-or-none control over the display of external objects. (Use the Tools > Preferences command to open the AccuRev Preferences window.)

Note: in previous releases, this preference was implemented through a checkbox in the File Browser itself.

With a little more work, you can have the Details pane display some, but not all, external objects:

  1. Set the Show External Elements preference.

  2. Suppress the display of selected external objects through environment variable ACCUREV_IGNORE_ELEMS.