Accept changes
A branch can follow the latest version of a Resource, or a Subsystem's baseline or tag. When those move forward, the branch doesn't update by itself. The new versions wait on the Changes Available page until an Editor reviews them and commits them to the branch.
Resources pinned to a specific version never show up here. See Directory.
Open Changes Available
When updates are waiting, any of these opens the Changes Available page for the selected branch:
- Page header: click the Updates available (N) button (refresh icon) next to Home | <System name>.
- Overview tab: in the Version control card, click View next to Review updates available.
- Commits page: click View Changes Available (N) on the New changes available card. See Commits.
- Latest commit: open the branch's Latest commit and click View Changes Available (N) in the Version Control card.
These entry points only appear for Editors and above, and only on a branch that isn't archived.
Review and commit the changes
- On Changes Available (N), review the incoming changes:
- The Version Control card counts Changed, Added, and Removed items against the branch's latest commit.
- The tree marks each changed item. Select a Resource to compare its current version with the incoming one side by side.
- Select a Subsystem to see whether it was Added, Changed, or Removed.
- Click Commit All to accept every change, or Cancel to go back to Commits without changing anything.
Commit All accepts all the changes together. You can't pick individual items. It creates a commit named Accept available updates, which becomes the branch's Latest commit, and then opens the Commits page.
Required role: Editor or above.