ClearCase::Wrapper::MGi ================================== PURPOSE This is an overlay module for ClearCase::Wrapper. See the POD for that module. It is built following the example of ClearCase::Wrapper::DSB. The extensions contained here are meant to support a consistent branching policy, advocated in: http://www.cmwiki.com/BranchYesMergeNo Beyond this module, changes were also made to ClearCase::SyncTree, which closely relate to the same purpose. My intentions are to make this module orthogonal to the DSB ones, so that they might be installed separately, or together. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install VERSIONS Notice as from ClearCase::Wrapper::DSB--there is no strict correlation between versions of the base module and overlay modules. I.e. you do not necessarily need ClearCase::Wrapper::DSB 1.04 if you have ClearCase::Wrapper 1.04. If an overlay requires a certain feature in the base module this dependency will be noted in the prerequisites within Makefile.PL. In other words, if the install sequence doesn't generate a warning you should be ok. DEPENDENCIES ClearCase::Wrapper Even if ClearCase::Wrapper::DSB is not a dependency, the extension to catcs developed in it is compatible with the extension of config specs presented here, and can be used to display it. KNOWN BUGS AND MISSING FEATURES - No tests provided. - The view attribute is not searched from included config spec fragments. Many more functions need to be modified in order to support the 'BranchOff: root' functionality: - describe -fmt "%Pn": should return a merge contributor, unless a direct parent is found on the same branch - ls: should mention '-off /{root}' if 'BranchOff: root' is set - lsgen: should support a -graphical option - synctree: should be added as an operation, with a -from syntax. - annotate I don't intend (for now) to modify findmerge, on the following grounds: - the only common usage pattern under 'BranchOff: root' is the 'home merge', i.e. merging towards one's changes, already in a branch. - the purpose of branching off the root of the version tree is to avoid cascading far away; few levels of cascading are innocuous. An other functionality is needed to support in-place publication, directly from the development branches, in order to make the application of labels cheaper than it currently is. The intended strategy is to support yet another 'view attribute': '##:TypeFamilies: incremental'. Preliminary documentation can be found at: http://www.cmwiki.com/LabelFamily http://www.cmwiki.com/IncrementalTypesImp See also collaborative maintenance site: http://code.google.com/p/clearcase-cpan/ COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (c) 2007 IONA Technologies PLC until v 0.05. Copyright (c) 2008 Marc Girod (marc.girod@gmail.com) for later changes. All rights reserved. This Perl program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.