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Q169257: INFO: Actions That Perform an Implicit GET

Article: Q169257
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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Certain SourceSafe operations by default implicitly GET a local copy of a file.
This is partially documented in the Online Help for the -G command line option

MORE INFORMATION
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The following commands perform a GET when they are executed from the command
line or the Visual SourceSafe Explorer:

  Pin
  Recover
  Rollback
  Share
  Undocheckout
  Unpin

This is by design. SourceSafe assumes that changes made to files in a project
should be echoed to the project's working folder (directory). The GET does not
happen under two conditions:

1. If there is no working folder set for the project in the Visual SourceSafe
  Explorer.

2. When you use the -G- switch on the command line.

For some of these operations, the Visual SourceSafe Explorer provides a way to
override the default behavior. For more information, please refer to the User's
guide and Online Help for the individual commands.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a kbSSafe500
Issue type        : kbinfo

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