This page last changed on Nov 09, 2010 by alui.
You can use FishEye to select a repository and browse through it. The repository view provides you with information about the files in the repository, activity occurring related to the repository and users committing to the repository. You can also generate charts and search for specific file revisions in the repository.
On this page:
Browsing through a Repository
To browse through a repository,
- Click the 'Source' tab. The 'Repositories' view will be displayed, showing summary information if you have multiple repositories set up.
- Click the desired repository to view its contents. See the 'Viewing a repository' screenshot below.
(optional) Select the branch or tag of the repository that you want to view information for, using the branch/tag selector (non-ClearCase repositories only). Only information related to the selected branch/tag will be displayed, when browsing your repositories.
- Click the tab for the default branch (e.g. 'trunk') to view only information related to it. The default branch (e.g. 'trunk') is determined by FishEye.
- Click the
icon and enter the desired branch/tag, to view information related to the branch/tag.
- Click the 'All' tab to view information related to all branches/tags.
Screenshot: Branch/Tag selector

- You can view various information about the repository, as outlined below. If you navigate to a folder, the context of the information below will change. For example, if you navigate to a particular folder in the left navigation tree, the activity, files and users information, reports generated and search results will all relate to that folder.
A greyed out item is either a deleted file or an empty/deleted (folder).
- 'Activity' tab — View the commit, review and issue (requires JIRA) activity related to the repository/folder. The activity stream is similar to the changelog activity stream, see Viewing the Changelog for more information.
- 'Files' tab — View the contents of the repository/folder being viewed.
- 'Users' tab — View the commit history of the users that have committed changes to files in the repository/folder. See Viewing People's Statistics for more information.
- 'Reports' — View activity charts for the repository/folder. See FishEye Charts for more information.
- 'Search' — Search the repository/folder. See Searching the Repository for more information.
- Click any file, when browsing the repository, to view information about the file. See Viewing a File for more information.
Screenshot: Browsing a repository

Hiding Empty Directories and Deleted Files
FishEye tracks deleted files for your repository. Deleted files will be greyed out in your left-hand navigation tree. If all of the files in a directory are deleted, the empty directory will also be greyed out. Note, deleted files and empty directories are not removed from your left navigation.
You can choose to hide deleted files and empty directories in the left navigation tree when browsing through a repository, as described below.
To hide deleted directories/files in your navigation tree,
- Click the 'Source' tab and browse a repository.
- In the left hand navigation panel, click the
to show the dropdown menu:
- Click 'Hide empty directories' to hide all empty (greyed out) directories and their contents (i.e. deleted files and other empty directories).
- Click 'Hide deleted files' to hide deleted (i.e. greyed out) files. This does not affect directories.
Hence, if you choose to hide both empty directories and deleted files, you will only see files and directories that exist on the Head of that path. In repositories other than Subversion repositories, this could mean files/directories on any branch.
Screenshot: Hiding deleted files/empty directories

Watching a Repository
You can "watch" a repository in FishEye/Crucible. Watching the repository allows you to receive emails when changes are made to the repository. You can view all of your watches and configure the frequency of your watch emails in your user profile. See Changing your User Profile for more information.
Note, the option to add a watch will only be available if the administrator has enabled watches for the repository.
To watch a repository,
- Navigate to the repository that you want to watch.
- Click the 'Tools' menu and click 'Watch'. The page will reload and a watch will be set up for the repository (the watch icon will be coloured, not grey).
- If you want to remove the watch, navigate the repository, click the 'Tools' menu and click 'Watch'. The watch will be removed (the watch icon will be coloured, not grey).
You can also remove watches via your user profile.
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