Your process model determines how new revisions of an item are numbered. Generally, when you check out, edit, or revise an item, the revision ID is automatically incremented. Your process model may allow you to choose a different revision ID. For example, if the next revision of Home.html would be revision 3, you might be able to change it to revision 4.
If your current project is set up to use named branches, the branch name is included in the revision ID. For example, a new revision in the Windows NT branch would be given the revision winnt#1, where winnt is the branch name and 1 is the revision ID.
Your process model may allow you to check out, edit, or revise an item without changing the revision ID. Generally, this is allowed only when an item is in its initial lifecycle state and has not yet been actioned or included in a baseline. For example, you might modify an item without changing the revision when you are working on an item during multiple editing sessions.
NOTE Editing an item revision without changing the revision ID changes the content of that revision in all projects that include the revision.
Related Topics
About Items and Item Revisions