Synchronize view

Synchronize view shows the difference between your local resources and their remote versions (existing in GIT or CVS repositories).

We recommend using the Synchronize view only when you work with CVS repositories.

When you work with GIT repositories, use the History view.

In the Synchronize view, you can

view incoming and outgoing changes, and
resolve conflicts appearing after merge.

Synchronize view toolbar

From the toolbar of the Synchronize view, you can perform these actions:

	Synchronize CVS	allows comparing local and remote files:
	Pin Current Synchronization	allows pining the current synchronization: pinned synchronizations are not replaced with the next synchronization of the same type; unpinned synchronizations are replaced with the next synchronization of the same type. By pinning the synchronization you can keep it around for easy access. This allows automatically updating changes made to the workbench resources.
	Show File System Resources	opens a list of models that can be displayed in the Synchronize view:
	Collapse all	collapses all the expanded entries in the view
	Next Difference	goes to the next difference displayed in the view (Ctrl + .)
	Previous Difference	goes to the previous difference displayed in the view (Ctrl + ,)
	Incoming Mode	shows the changes that exist in the remote repository but do not exist in your workspace yet (= other developers' changes)
	Outgoing Mode	shows the changes that exist in your workspace but are not pushed to the remote repository yet (= your changes)
	Incoming/Outgoing Mode	shows both your changes (= not pushed to the remote repository yet) and changes from other developers (= not brought to your workspace yet) Bidirectional merge is very complicated that is why you must be very careful with this mode.
	Conflicts Mode	shows only conflicts (= files changed both in the workspace and in the repository)
	Update All Incoming Changes...	updates all incoming changes and auto-merges all the conflicts Do not use Update All Incoming Changes... when working with GIT repositories because it will lead to unpredictable merging results.
	Commit All Outgoing Changes...	commits all outgoing changes (conflicts are not included in the commit)
	View menu	opens the drop-down menu ↓

From the drop-down menu of the Synchronize view, you can perform these actions:

	Pin Current Synchronization	pins the current synchronization
	Link with Editor	links the resources between the Navigator view and the active editor
	Remove Current Synchronization	removes the current synchronization
	Remove Un-Pinned Synchronization	removes the previously pinned synchronizations
	Modes	changes the mode = filters the data that will be displayed in the view: Incoming changes shows the changes that exist in the remote repository but do not exist in your workspace yet (= other developers' changes) Outgoing changes shows the changes that exist in your workspace but are not pushed to the remote repository yet (= your changes) Both shows both Incoming and Outgoing changes Conflicts shows conflicts (= files changed both in the workspace and in the repository)
	Restore Removed Items	restores items previously removed from the view
	Preferences →	opens the Synchronize preferences dialog:
	Schedule	allows synchronizing the CVS repository automatically at certain time intervals:

Context menu

From the context menu, you can perform these actions:

Show in	opens the necessary files in one of the listed views - Navigator, Project Explorer, History, or System Explorer views:
Copy	copies the selected files
Paste patch	pastes the selected patches to the view
Delete	deletes the selected files
Move	moves the selected files
Rename	renames the selected files
Synchronize	compares the local and remote versions of the file and replaces the the local version with the remote one
Expand All	expands all the collapsed entries in the view
Remove from View	removes the selected files from the view
Update	updates the selected files and auto-merges conflicts (non-mergeable conflicts are merged manually)
Commit	commits changes to the CVS repository
Override and Update	replaces all the files with their remote versions (conflicts are auto-merged)
Mark as Merged	after conflicts are resolved manually, marks the corresponding files as outgoing changes
Add to .cvsignore...	adds the selected files to the .cvsignore list
Create Patch	starts the Create Patch wizard
Apply Patch	starts the Apply Patch wizard
Branch...	creates a new branch tag
Show Annotation	displays the revision data for the selected file
Show in History	opens the History view
Change ASCII/Binary Property...	allows configuring how your files are transfered by CVS - as ASCII or binary files: