✏️ Explanatory Question
Answer with Explanation
When working with multiple developers or projects, you should validate that your code includes the latest source control's version. To avoid conflicts and ensure that the code is developed correctly, checking the source is mandatory.
The Source Control Explorer is the view for all the code and objects that are checked into source control.
To open the Source Control Explorer, follow these steps:
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Select View on the menu bar of Visual Studio.
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In the drop-down menu, select Other Windows.
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From the available options, select Source Control Explorer.
To make sure that you are looking at the most recent checked-in version of objects in the Source Control Explorer, right-click on the objects and select Get Latest Version. Alternatively, you can do this at the folder level to get all the updates.
You should always get the latest files from the branch that you are working in before checking in new changes. If someone else also pushes changes to the file that you are editing, this gives you an opportunity to reconcile your changes with theirs and make sure that all the features are working before the resulting changes are checked in.
To perform the check-in process, follow these steps:
- Select Pending Changes from the Team Explorer window.
- Enter a check-in comment.
- Select Check In.