Locations
Commits, Branches, and Snapshots are all referred to as commit locations, or locations, in Model Manager. Each location is a commit in its own right or acts as a representative of a particular commit:
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Branch. The most recent commit saved on the chronologically ordered sequence of commits.
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Snapshot. The commit that the snapshot references.
A branch location is the most common, and useful, of the three types. By browsing and searching with respect to such a location, you are guaranteed to see the latest version of each item.
The Select Location Dialog Box
You can select a branch or, depending on context, snapshot for a particular window via the Select Location dialog box. You open the dialog box by clicking on a location link button, seen here in the upper-right corner of The Model Manager Window:
A search result in the Model Manager window obtained for a specific branch. The matched item versions are the latest versions for their corresponding items and with respect to the selected branch location.
The text of a location link button is shown with the name of the branch or snapshot. A commit is shown with its date. Typically the label of the database and the name of the repository are also included in the text, such that the text format is Database (Repository/Location).
In the tree in the Select Location dialog box, expand nodes until you reach a branch or snapshot leaf node, select the leaf node, and click OK. You can also select a nonleaf node, in which case a suitable default location is automatically inferred based on the selection. If Deleted Branches or Deleted Snapshots has been selected in the Show menu () in The Databases Window Toolbar, such branches or snapshots will also be available in the dialog box.