Single-Bound Projects

If your local project in Flare Desktop is not already bound to a third-party source control tool and you upload the project to Flare Online, you will have only one source control binding. Therefore, you can use the source control connection between your local project repository and the remote Flare Online repository as your primary source control solution. With this model, you can use the Source Control ribbon in Flare Desktop to perform regular source control tasks such as committing and synchronizing (i.e., pulling and pushing) files. However, you also have the option of using tools outside of Flare Desktop (e.g., Git Bash) to perform source control tasks (e.g., in case there are certain source control tasks not supported in the Flare Desktop interface that you need to complete).

A single-bound model where projects work directly with Flare Online for source control.

How to Use a Single Binding

  1. Open the project in MadCap Flare Desktop.
  2. Select View > Flare Online. The Flare Online window pane opens.
  3. Be sure to log in if you aren't already.
  4. Upload (bind) your project to Flare Online. See Uploading (Binding) Projects.
  5. In Flare Online, assign users to the new project and make sure they have “Import/Pull” and “Push” permissions. This enables users to import the project using the Flare Online window pane. It also allows users to push changes up to Flare Online. See Associating Users With Teams and Projects and Setting User Permissions.
  6. Newly assigned users must now import the project from Flare Online using the Flare Online window pane in Flare Desktop. This allows each user to work on the project locally. See Importing Projects.
  7. In Flare Desktop, make changes to your files. Then commit those files and synchronize them (i.e., pull, then push) with the cloned project in Flare Online. See Committing and Synchronizing in a Single-Bound Model.

Note If your team is using Git branching, you can create branches in Flare Desktop and push them up to Flare Online. Other writers on your team who need to work in the same branches can pull them down from Flare Online. For more about branching in Flare Online, see Branching. For more details and steps on creating and managing branches, see the Flare Desktop Help system.