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Promote individual files from a child branch to a parent branch when you need to make sure the most recent copy is available in the parent branch.
You can also promote branches to retrieve all files with changes to a parent branch. See Promoting branches.
1. Select the files to promote and choose Branch > Promote File.
The Promote Files dialog box opens.
2. Select an Ancestor to promote to. You can promote changes to any ancestor branch.
3. Enter any Comments, such as the reason for promoting the files.
4. Select a Promote files based on option.
5. Select Skip server auto-merge to promote changes and overwrite changes in the parent branch.
6. Select Recursive to promote the file to the selected repository and all subrepositories.
7. Click Preview.
The Promote Preview dialog box opens. Files that will be promoted, files that will not be promoted, and files with conflicts are displayed. You can perform actions and resolve conflicts based on the file status and your security permissions. See Promote preview.
8. Select a file and click Promote File to promote it or click Promote All to promote all files.
The Promote Status dialog box opens. You can perform many of the same actions available in the Promote Preview dialog box.
9. Click Close when you finish.
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