Delivering Changes to a Stream

Deliver local work to Dimensions when you have completed work and need to add new and updated files to Dimensions. Ideally, no conflicts result because you are the only person working on the files that you have changed.

  1. Select the project in Solution Explorer.

  2. On the toolbar click Deliver or select File | Source Control | Deliver. The Deliver wizard appears.

  3. The Deliver from this Work Area field is populated with the work area root. If you select a subfolder, its path is highlighted.

  4. If you select a work area that is not associated with a stream, in the Deliver changes to this Stream field select a stream.

  5. Click Advanced.

  6. To restrict the deliver operation to particular files do the following:

  7. Select the local changes that you want to include in the delivery: additions, deletions, modifications, and moves/renames.

  8. If you have defined ignore rules but want to skip them for this delivery, select Disable restrictions from .dmignore file.

  9. Click Next. One of the following occurs:

  10. A list of changes is displayed including each revision’s work area filename, change type, and the conflict type and default resolution (if applicable).

  11. On the Default options panel, optionally change the defaults values used when an item revision is delivered to the repository:

  12. On the Selection options panel, optionally change the defaults values for each item revision that you select.

  13. If you are deleting a revision, from the Removal Scope list select an option, such as delete all the item revisions from the stream. There are some restrictions, for example, you cannot delete a revision from a baseline or a revision that is related to an active request.

  14. To view the changes that have been made to a revision, right click and select View.

  15. Click Deliver.