Tool Mentor: Checking Out and Checking In Configuration Items Using Rational ClearCase
Purpose
This tool mentor describes how to create a new version of a configuration item (check out), and to make the new version of the configuration item persistent in the configuration management database (check in).Related Rational Unified Process activities and concepts:
Overview
This tool mentor is applicable when running Windows 95/98/NT 4.0.This tool mentor is for base ClearCase.
To check out and check in configuration items with ClearCase:
- Check out the files that you want to change.
- Make changes and perform unit tests to verify the changes.
- Check in the changes.
1. Check out the
files that you want to change. 
- >From the Windows Explorer, select the item or items to check out
- >From the ClearCase context menu, choose ClearCase -> Check Out...
- Type your comment in the Check Out dialog box and click OK.
See Developing Software with
ClearCase or the on-line Help for ClearCase for more information about
checking in files. 2. Make changes and perform unit tests to verify the changes.
3. Check in the changes.
- >From the Windows Explorer, select the item or items to check in
- >From the ClearCase context menu, choose ClearCase -> Check In...
- Type your comment in the Check In dialog box and click OK.
See Developing Software with
ClearCase or the on-line Help for ClearCase for more information about
checking in files. 
