- Choose Tools > User Options.
- Click the File Dialog Defaults tab.
- Select the Get File dialog default settings.
- Select Recursive to include all child repositories in the Get.
- Select Make files writable to leave the files in read-write mode.
- Select Force file retrieval from server to get the server copy of the file.
- Select Merge should first attempt auto-merge if you do not want to be prompted to merge files with conflicts. You are prompted to manually merge files if Surround SCM cannot auto-merge the files.
- Select Display “Advanced” Get File dialog to expand the Get File(s) options.
- Select a Replace writable option. This option specifies what to do if a writable file is found.
- Select a File timestamp option. This is the timestamp used when files are retrieved from the server.
- Select the Check In File dialog default settings.
- Select Recursive to check in files from the selected repository and all child repositories.
- Apply comments to all uses the comment field data for each file being checked in.
- Select Display “Advanced” Check In File dialog to expand the Check In File(s) options.
- Select Skip server auto-merge to check in the files without merging changes. If you select this option, the file you check in becomes the new version in the archive, even if someone else made changes to, and checked in, the file after you checked it out.
- Select Update version even if no change is made to check in a file even if changes were not made.
- Select Make files writable to leave a read-write copy of the files in the working directory.
- Select a Handle local files after check in option.
- Select the Check Out File dialog default settings.
- Select Recursive to check out files from the selected repository and all child repositories.
- Select Exclusive Check Out to prevent other users from checking out the files.
- Select Force file retrieval from server to check out the server copy of the file.
- Select a Replace writable option. This option specifies what to do if a writable file is found.
- Select a File timestamp option. This is the timestamp used when files are retrieved from the server.
- Click OK to save the settings or click another tab to continue setting user options.