### 12.3 The VCS Menu

Basic VCS operations can be accessed through the VCS menu. Most of these functions act on the current selection, i.e. on the selected items in the VCS Explorer if it is present, or on the currently selected file editor, or on the currently selected item in the `Tools->Views->Files`. In most cases, the VCS contextual menu offers more control on VCS operations. See The Version Control Contextual Menu.

Explorer
  Open or raise the VCS Explorer. See The VCS Explorer.
Update all projects
  Update the source files in the current project, and all imported sub-projects, recursively.
Query status for all projects
  Query the status of all files in the project and all imported sub-projects.
Create tag...
  Create a tag or branch tag starting from a specific root directory. The name of the tag is a simple name.
Switch tag...
  Switch the local copy to a specific tag. The name of the tag depends on the external VCS used. For CVS this this the simple tag name, for Subversion the tag must conform to the default repository layout. For a branch tag this is `/branches/<tag_name>/<root_dir>`.

For a description of the other entries in the VCS menu, see The Version Control Contextual Menu