topic Re: Disable Version Control? in Fusion Support Forum

Disable Version Control?

johnAA35N — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 19:09:40 GMT

It's messing with me. All I want to is delete a file. Yes, I've read about the work around to move files to a "Trash" project. I would like to disable version control. I've got things I'm working on that are version 52, b/c apparently I'm prudent with the save button. Can this madness be stopped?

I'm trying to delete a file that's referenced in an old version, that being 51, but the current revision is 52. I'm not able to edit version 51 to remove the reference. Do I understand that correctly? B/c I clicked the save button at an inopportune time, I'm stuck with not being able to delete a file b/c there is a reference that can no longer be edited?

Re: Disable Version Control?

jeff_strater — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 21:24:20 GMT

no, there is no way to turn off versioning. You can download the latest version as a Fusion archive of the top level design, and re-upload it. That will create a new design with no older versions., then you can delete the original version, including the one you are worried about deleting.

Re: Disable Version Control?

johnAA35N — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 22:13:17 GMT

I experimented with copying the file after each save, so I get a fresh v1, and then delete the v2. That way all my versions are 1, unless I forget to make a copy after each and every save. From now on. Hundreds of times a day.... Could that be a way to do a behind the scenes version disable? When I click save, save a copy which would give me a v1, then delete the v2? Is there a way to automate something like that?