Tool Mentor: Updating Your Project Work Area Using Rational ClearCase
Purpose
To update development work areas with work that has been integrated, tested, and approved for general use.Related Rational Unified Process activity:
Overview
In the UCM model, activities (work) delivered from multiple sources are integrated and organized into baselines. Usually, baselines go through a cycle of testing and bug fixing until they reach a satisfactory level of stability. When a baseline reaches this level, your project manager designates it as a recommended baseline.To work with the set of versions in the recommended baseline, you update your development work area by means of a rebase operation.
This Tool Mentor is applicable when running Windows NT 4.0.
Tool Steps
A rebase operation involves the following tasks:- Preparing your development view
- Starting the rebase operation
- Merge files
- Completing the rebase operation
ClearCase merges the work in your development stream with the work from the integration stream, completing trivial merges automatically. If non-trivial merge conflicts occur, the rebase operation starts the DiffMerge utility and prompts you to resolve the conflicts.
Refer to the following ClearCase help topic for detailed information on the steps in this procedure: Merging Files, Directories, and Versions
See "Rebasing Your Work Area" in Developing Software with ClearCase for detailed information on each step.
