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Unlocking Files

The Unlock Locked Files command allows you to unlock one or more of your opened files. When a file is locked, only the user who locked the file can submit changelists that include the locked file. (Other users can check out the locked files, but will not be able to submit changes to locked files back to the depot.)

Command:

When you are ready to unlock the files, select Run -> Unlock....

Unless otherwise specified, all currently-locked files in the default changelist will be unlocked.

Files:

Specifies which files will be unlocked. Choose between:

Unlock files in changelist:

If you have more than one changelist pending when you run the Unlock command, a checkbox and a drop-down list of currently-pending changelists will appear. To unlock files within a specific changelist, activate the checkbox and use the drop-down menu to specify the desired changelist.

Unlock files in //client-path:

Selected Files:

If you have any locked files open in the current directory, you can specify whether or not to unlock them individually.

To include or exclude individual files from unlocking, click on the checkboxes for each file, and activate the radio button for the Selected Files option.


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