About the Source Control navigator

Use the Source Control navigator to view your source control working copies. For each working copy, you can view the branches, tags, and remote repositories. Select a branch and view the history of commits on the right.

In the Source Control navigator, Control-click an item and choose an actions from the pop-up menu.

Working copy actions

Action

Description

Branch from [branch]

Create a new branch from this branch.

New Tag

Tag this working copy.

Checkout

Switch to the last commit on the branch.

Create [Project] Remote

Create a remote repository for this project.

Add Existing Remote

Add a working copy for an existing remote repository.

View on Host

Opens the browser to the repository on the server.

Branch actions

Action

Description

Merge [source branch] into [target branch]

Merge one branch into another.

Delete

Removes the selected branch from the repository. You can’t undo this action.

Commit actions

Action

Description

Copy Commit Message

Copies the message or description for the commit.

Copy Identifier

Copies the unique identifier for the commit.

Email [Author]

Composes an email to the author of the commit.

Tag [Tag]

Adds a tag to the commit.

Branch from [Tag]

Creates a branch from the tag.

View on Host

Opens the browser to the commit on the server.

Checkout

Switch to this commit on the branch.

Tag actions

Action

Description

Checkout

Switch to this commit on the branch.

View on Host

Opens the browser to the commit on the server.

Delete

Delete the tag.

Remote actions

Action

Description

View on Host

Opens the browser to the remote repository on the server.

Delete

Removes the remote from the repository. You can’t undo this action.