Clearcase: Move a file from base VOB to a UCM VOB

Question

How would I go about moving elements between base and a UCM VOB?

Answer 1

First: a base VOB can also be an UCM VOB (i.e. it can have non-UCM directories, and UCM component)

When I define a new component, I always do it in a special branch, in order to allow developers to go on and modifying version in their legacy non-UCM views, while reorganizing the directories and defining an UCM component:
Since the root directory of that UCM component is in a special branch, nobody sees anything until they define their own UCM view referencing that component.

The key factor you need to be aware of is that, once a UCM component is defined, you won't be able to move its elements outside said component:

• you cannot move them within the same VOB as the one where you define your UCM component( I am speaking here of a component define within the VOB, not of a "VOB component" where the all VOB is a component!)
• you cannot move them from the component to another VOB

One scenario I am aware of is the necessity too split an UCM component in two, relocating some of its code elsewhere (either in the same VOB or in another).
In that case, the only solution is to list the baseline of the source components, and clearfsimport the part you need to another directory elsewhere.
See the "clearfsimport to new stream" SO question for more on that clearfsimport process)

If you add some precisions about your current scenario, I will complete this answer with possible solutions.

Answer 2

Doesn't seem to be possible from Base To UCM..not in a clean way anyways