Hi,
Rational Clearcase is perhaps the most popular version management software across various organizations. Here is my humble attempt to capture most useful commands that can save a lot of your time.
a) Creating an element
$cleartool mkelem -eltype{binary, directory etc.} elem_name
b) Creating many elements at once or say you want to convert your non-clearcase element as versioned.
– first copy & paste all such files/dir in a destination directory.
$find -type f/d |xargs cleartool mkelem eltype elem_name
b) Browsing files in your branch
$ct find ./ -branch ‘brtype(_view_name)’ -print
c) Soft Links
$cleartool ln -s target link_name
To update a link, remove it first($ cleartool rmname link_name), create a new link with same/different in a checked-out directory.
d) Merging changes in main branch
You have two options:
1. Use cleartool merge
2. Use diff/patch OR vimdiff
cleartool merge
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– Checkout file with your changes.
– $cleartool merge -to file_with_your_changes -version main_branch_version
vimdiff
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Amazingly simple and useful.
– Checkout file with your changes.
– $vimdiff file_with_your_changes file_on_main_branch
– You can make out the changes which are marked with different colors.
– Look the file on right side pane, a red color signifies some change in the line
– Merge changes with :,+1 diffget
– Moreover you can use any vi command
Simplify Complexities 