topic Versioning from desktop? in Alfresco Archive

Versioning from desktop?

tarapenner — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:21:15 GMT

I've noticed that when files are modified locally and synced to Alfresco, the changes are made directly to the current version of the document, rather than a new version being created. Is this expected behaviour? Thanks in advance!

Re: Versioning from desktop?

mrogers — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:06:32 GMT

yes its normal behavior. If the node is versionable then old versions of the document are preserved.

Re: Versioning from desktop?

tarapenner — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:53:51 GMT

Thank-you mrogers!

It would be nice to have the option of forcing a new minor version when locally made changes are synced, but oh well. Not a biggie.

Re: Versioning from desktop?

mnbrecher — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:59:25 GMT

It really seems odd that an alfresco product doesn't support versioning.

I had the same issue with CmisSync and assumed it's a flaw. Very strange.

What would the logic be behind doing this on purpose?

Re: Versioning from desktop?

nicolasraoul — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:44:00 GMT

I get asked this question all the time (for CmisSync, but it is the same as Desktop Sync), so I wrote a FAQ about modifying the versioning strategy to fit your needs, it also explains why it works like this. Your feedback about this FAQ article is welcome, by the way 🙂

That being said, CmisSync is planning to add an option to force each modification to create a new version (per-folder option).

Actually, if you really want, you can already do it with the CmisSync Context Menu:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7F1ebVH.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/z0FUem3.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6TjjtjN.png[/IMG]

Right-click on the file, choose "CmisSync", press "Check out" then "Check in". By doing this, a new version will be created in Alfresco, EVEN if Alfresco is configured with autoVersion set to false. This trick does not work offline, unfortunately.