Include/Exclude Example 2: Simulating a Sparse Workspace

If you're accustomed to working in a "sparse" workspace (supported in older versions of AccuRev), you may want to do the include/exclude equivalent in a new workspace:

The first step is accomplished by setting an Include Directory Only  rule for the depot's top-level directory. Since the top-level directory never appears in the File Browser's details pane, you must invoke the command from the rules pane, not the details pane:

  1. Make sure that Show Inherited Rules is checked in the rules pane, causing the depot's base rule to be displayed.

  2. Right-click the base rule, and select Include Directory Only.

This creates a new rule , at the workspace level, for the top-level directory. This rule overrides the rule you just right-clicked, and replaces it in the rules pane:

If you subsequently remove this new rule, the overridden rule will reappear in the rules pane, and will reapply to your workspace.