Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the source control operations we use in our daily development activities.

We started by creating a new workspace and got the solution from the SourceSafe database. Then we started development on the solution by creating and visually designing new classes for the Orbital Hotel's room management. After finishing the design, we checked in the changes to the solution so that the other team members can see them and start working on implementing the methods.

Files evolve across time. To view their evolution we use the history functions. To see the changes between versions we use the compare functions. When we need to undo changes and revert to an older file version, we can to so by creating a new version containing old contents or rolling back changes discarding all the changes in between.

Depending on our team requirements and our coding style we can choose between the two check-out models. If we need a more strict development approach, we use the Exclusive...