Displaying the history of checkouts (Windows)

To display the history of a file in the HCL VersionVault Windows Explorer:

  1. Select the file whose history you want to examine.
  2. Right-click and select History from the shortcut menu.

Try it!

  1. Select the author.txt file, right-click and select History from the shortcut menu.
  2. Review the information that HCL VersionVault provides on the history of the author.txt file:
    • The date when the file was modified.
    • The username of the individual who modified the file.
    • The name of the file.
    • The type of action on the file; in this exercise, you see create version and you may also see create branch.
    • The version number. Take note that the initial version number is 0, the second version is number 1, and so on.