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RAD doesn't recognize changed MANIFEST.MF files (Rational Application Developer)

Hi All, I am part of a team that is working on a project that is under version control in ClearCase. This project is a single EAR, and 4 WARs as part of the EAR. Since all of the WARs use the same JARs, we store them in the \lib folder of the EAR, and then for each WAR, we reference the JARs in the EAR\lib folder in each WARs MANIFEST.M...

Clearcase: Activity dependencies for integration stream merging (patches)

We have a patch model where we're intending on using cset.pl -findmerge <activity> to selectively merge cumulative activities to a patch stream (integration stream to integration stream). Note that we're using a single stream model; although support for teams working with their own dev stream would be supported (i.e. when they join a pr...

How to make check-outs be unreserved by default using ClearCase command line tools.

Is there a way to make cleartool checkouts unreserved by default? Perhaps a ~/.cleartool file or some environment variable? I understand the default can be set on the VOB (or all VOBs), but that option is beyond my control. The ClearCase version I'm using is: $ ct -version ClearCase version 7.0.1 (Wed May 30 17:04:58 EDT 2007) 7.0....

How to search files by label

As title, I'd like to list all the files with a given label under a directory. Which clearcase command can help me to do that ? ...

Disabling .ccexclude Files

We are developing on Visual Studio 2008 with Clearcase integration. Some of our project files have rules which include all files (**) within a particular directory. Sometimes this results in Clearcase creating .ccexclude files. The IBM documentation on .ccexclude files, says that there is a way to disable the creation of these files, but...

How can I interact with ClearCase from Perl?

My project needs couple of things to be extracted from ClearCase data using the Perl script in a excel sheet,those are - By giving two particular time line or two baseline. all the activity associated within that baseline (column header "activity") Owner's id (column header-Owner) all the element associated within a particular activity...

how to find all the branch type created by one person in clearcase

I created a branch type one month ago , but for some reason delayed to use it until now. But now I just have a vague memory of the branch name but not very sure about it . So I'm wondering if clearcase has the feature that list all the branch type create by a person, in my case just me, then I can find the exact name of the branch type ...

how to remove a version in clearcase

I want to check out a directory , let's say /vobs/myvob/src/ to add a new file in this directory. But by mistake rather than checked out /vobs/myvob/src I checked out /vobs/myvob/scr/ and even worse checked in it. Then directory scr has a new version : scr@mybranch/1 (let's say I'm working on branch mybranch) After realized that I've ...

ALDB authentication request

So I have a setup where clearcase and clearquest are integrated. I.E. if I check in a file in clearcase clearquest will popup asking for a change request number. Here's the deal, I don't have to "login" every time I start a new clearexplorer. I have some other tools I have been writing that I would like to take advantage of that cap...

how to find all the labels for a given file in clearcase

I know one awkward solution for this taks will be : first use ct ls to get the entire version info of the file and pipe the version info to a parsing script to actually get the labels of the file . But I guess ClearCase should have a "build in" solution for this task without support from any external scripts. Please help me if y...

how to map network drive for Clearcase View in Windows service ?

Hi, I want to map a clearcase view on network drive inside a windows service. I have tried with net use command, but it did not work properly. ...

How can I get an unreserved ClearCase check using Perl?

I need help on below requirement. I have a extracted report where I used to get "revision number", element details, version path, changeset. I need to: Create a temporary directory using a Perl script for each revision. Do an unreserved check out for the each element map with each revision and put into the created temporary folders. ...

How to create a branch recursive?

Hi, I am creating a sub branch from main branch using the below command. It work fine if the source name contains no space in between. But if a source name contains a blank space in between then it wont create the sub branch. Any idea. running below command from Dos prompt Cleartool find <<path where I should start branching>> -nxnam...

How to bridge git to ClearCase?

I've recently used git svn and enjoyed it very much. Now I'm starting a new project at a different customer. At that site the SCM of choice is ClearCase. I haven't found a baked equivalent of git svn for ClearCase. Is there anybody who has tried to use git locally as a front-end to ClearCase using some tricks, configuration or scripting ...

How to best set up Mercurial on a Clearcase static view? (Set up "checkout" hooks?)

I'd like to set up a mercurial repository in a clearcase static view directory. My plan is to clone from that directory, do all my real work in a mercurial repo and then push my changes back to the shared Hg/Clearcase dir. I'd like to hear general suggestions on how this might work best, but I foresee one specific problem: Clearcase lo...

How to find a Parent Label of a branch in Clearcase

I have a view created for a child branch. For a given child branch name, is it possible to find out the parent branch and the base label from which the child branch was created? ...

How to display recent changes and logs for current view spec in clearcase?

newbie for clearcase. Since clearcase's config is rather different from other concept in git, I may mean logs for any files with specified version/branch path. Like I want to show log for all element match: element * .../specified-lable-or-branch/ ...

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

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

Checkin history of a user in clearcase

Is there a way to find out the checkin history of a user in a stream? I know that i can get the history by looking at all the activities in a stream. But the change set in an activity doesnt show the date the file is checkedin. Thanks for the help! ...

Merge arrow in clear case

Hi, I have to merge all objects from a sub branch to main branch recursively. I would like to merge manually by check in the code from sub branch to main branch instead of using merge command in clear case. So after the check in into the main branch I would like to draw arrow recursively to all my objects. ic from sub branch to main bran...