Check in DesignSync Folders

You can check in folders and files to existing vcfolders. The configuration of the vcfolder folder connection determines the branch where its files get checked in. When checking in a new vcfolder, the folder (and its files) are created in the DesignSync store. During subsequent check in to the folder, only the files in the folder that are modified and new files added to the folder are copied to the DesignSync server.

To check in a vcfolder, compress the contents of the folder into a zip or gzip tar file and check in the compressed file. Each individual file in this compressed file has a path that is relative to the path of the vcfolder.

If a file's content matches any of the versions on the branch to which it is being copied, it does not get copied to the DesignSync server. Even if a file does not get copied, all files in the compressed file are considered part of the vcfolder connection and will be included in any subsequent checkout of the vcfolder.

During check in, enter an optional comment describing your check in. If provided, it gets associated with the version of the file you are checking in.

All files in the vcfolder that get checked in get an auto-generated CHECK_IN tag. This tag is returned to the FCS and to the MCS via the receipt.

For information on how to write a client that performs two part checkin of a vcfolder, see Write Two-Part Checkin of Vcfile and Vcfolder.