Hw do I force a write into local history?

[swing_developer]

I have a file. I want the current state of the file to be a named version in local history. When I try to do that, i realize there is no way to do it. I have versions in local history but I am not sure what caused those versions to be recorded as distinct points in the eyes of the local history function. I can't find a way to tell local history to record and permit me to mark the current version of the file. 

TIA

[Peter Pis]

Hi,

    every time you save the file in the NetBeans IDE, new version is
stored in local history storage.
    And you can "label" desired revision of the file in "Local History |
Show Local History" for the appropriate file.

Regards,
-Peter

software visualization wrote:
> I have a file. I want the current state of the file to be a named
> version in local history. When I try to do that, i realize there is no
> way to do it. I have versions in local history but I am not sure what
> caused those versions to be recorded as distinct points in the eyes of
> the local history function. I can't find a way to tell local history
> to record and permit me to mark the current version of the file.
>
>
> TIA

[swing_developer]

That has not been my experience. Saving the file did not push the file's state with its date./time into local history. I did try that. Maybe it's a UI thing and I am not understanding what I am seeing somehow or not seeing what I am looking for. 

regards 

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Peter Pis <Peter.Pis@...> wrote:

Hi,

  every time you save the file in the NetBeans IDE, new version is stored in local history storage.
  And you can "label" desired revision of the file in "Local History | Show Local History" for the appropriate file.

Regards,
-Peter

software visualization wrote:

I have a file. I want the current state of the file to be a named version in local history. When I try to do that, i realize there is no way to do it. I have versions in local history but I am not sure what caused those versions to be recorded as distinct points in the eyes of the local history function. I can't find a way to tell local history to record and permit me to mark the current version of the file.

TIA

[swing_developer]

I tried it on a specially created test file. Saving  did create another  version  of the test file as you said. Maybe it was my mistake, but I am *pretty sure* I tried that *repeatedly* and numerous times last night with no entry into local history ;

 If I can catch it being bad, I'll save the file and see what I can see. 

thanks!

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:21 AM, software visualization <softwarevisualization@...> wrote:

That has not been my experience. Saving the file did not push the file's state with its date./time into local history. I did try that. Maybe it's a UI thing and I am not understanding what I am seeing somehow or not seeing what I am looking for. 

regards 

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Peter Pis <Peter.Pis@...> wrote:

Hi,

  every time you save the file in the NetBeans IDE, new version is stored in local history storage.
  And you can "label" desired revision of the file in "Local History | Show Local History" for the appropriate file.

Regards,
-Peter

software visualization wrote:

I have a file. I want the current state of the file to be a named version in local history. When I try to do that, i realize there is no way to do it. I have versions in local history but I am not sure what caused those versions to be recorded as distinct points in the eyes of the local history function. I can't find a way to tell local history to record and permit me to mark the current version of the file.

TIA

[Peter Pis]

You are welcome. Ok, to be more precise, to evade having duplicity,
local history stores revision of the file you've had before editing. It
means that after the save event there's a revision that is stored as
current state of the file while the revision before editing is being
pushed into local history storage (then you can compare current file
with former revisions)

Regards,
-Peter

software visualization wrote:

> I tried it on a specially created test file. Saving  did create
> another  version  of the test file as you said. Maybe it was my
> mistake, but I am *pretty sure* I tried that *repeatedly* and numerous
> times last night with no entry into local history ;
>
>  If I can catch it being bad, I'll save the file and see what I can see.
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:21 AM, software visualization
> <softwarevisualization@...
> <mailto:softwarevisualization@...>> wrote:
>
>     That has not been my experience. Saving the file did not push the
>     file's state with its date./time into local history. I did try
>     that. Maybe it's a UI thing and I am not understanding what I am
>     seeing somehow or not seeing what I am looking for.
>
>     regards
>
>
>     On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Peter Pis <Peter.Pis@...
>     <mailto:Peter.Pis@...>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>           every time you save the file in the NetBeans IDE, new
>         version is stored in local history storage.
>           And you can "label" desired revision of the file in "Local
>         History | Show Local History" for the appropriate file.
>
>         Regards,
>         -Peter
>
>
>         software visualization wrote:
>
>             I have a file. I want the current state of the file to be
>             a named version in local history. When I try to do that, i
>             realize there is no way to do it. I have versions in local
>             history but I am not sure what caused those versions to be
>             recorded as distinct points in the eyes of the local
>             history function. I can't find a way to tell local history
>             to record and permit me to mark the current version of the
>             file.
>
>             TIA
>
>
>
>