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I am going through the version tools and Here I learned that we can tag our changes and can secure our old data in repository and can reuse in future. So my question is how we can checkout the codebase of some old verison:

Say, I have the single branch "abc_01.00" which is used by all developers, as the time goes, I have applied below verison on same branch:

  1. 00.00.01 (for 2012 year)
  2. 00.00.02 (for 2013 year)
  3. 00.00.03 (for 2014 year)

Now, there is some urgent requirement and I want to checkout the codebase for year 2012 against "00.00.01" tag. So how I can do this as branch is same for all three version in svn or ClearCase.

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  • SVN and ClearCase are *very* different version control systems. Which are you actually asking about? Or do you really need the answer for both systems? – Ben Feb 19 '15 at 14:49
  • @Ben I want to know for both the system as I am learning ClearCase and finding difficulty to learn it as there are very less tutorial for CC as compare to svn. – LivCool Feb 20 '15 at 06:41

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In ClearCase, you would define a config spec which would:

  • select all versions at the right tag
  • create a new branch for any new versions created from that starting point.

That would give a view with:

element * CHECKEDOUT
element * .../myBranchFromv1/LATEST
element * /main/0 -mkbranch myBranchFromv1
element * 00.00.01
element * /main/LATEST

(Even if you don't have a label, you can create a config spec starting from a certain date)

In SVN, that would simply be a svn copy.

svn copy your.repo.URL/tag/00.00.01 your.repo.URL/branches/myBranchFromv1
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  • Thanks for the answer. Could you please tell where I can learn ClearCase and ClearQuest better as I didn't find any good tutorial where I can learn it. – LivCool Feb 20 '15 at 06:43
  • @R.Sha for ClearCase, my answers here on Stack Overflow (read the first 3 or 4 of this list: http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=user%3a6309%20%5Bclearcase%5D%20is%3aanswer) are enough to get you going. But you also fid good introduction video on the Youtube IBM channel, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRXKBhVdVrU. – VonC Feb 20 '15 at 06:45
  • ..Just one word from heart. Thank You. Your solution really helps me. Thanks Stackoverflow for providing me the platform to interact with best adviser. – LivCool Feb 20 '15 at 13:49
  • @R.Sha you are most welcome. All you need to do now is to read http://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer and http://stackoverflow.com/help/why-vote. – VonC Feb 20 '15 at 13:51
  • @R.Sha it depends on the version of ClearQuest you are interesting in, but http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/09/dw-r-cccq-evalguide/ is a good start. – VonC Feb 20 '15 at 14:03
  • Do you mind if I want to ask some more concern/issues on clearcase ? I need to understand some concept and finding your answer well understandable and accurate. – LivCool Feb 24 '15 at 15:58
  • Sure, as long as it is a separate question, for me or other to answer to. – VonC Feb 24 '15 at 16:22
  • Thanks but is there any way to PM you ? – LivCool Feb 24 '15 at 16:33
  • Not if your questions can be asked here on Stack Overflow. I participate on this Q/A website *precisely* to avoid PM. – VonC Feb 24 '15 at 16:55
  • @R.Sha that being said, if you have FireFox 36: https://hello.firefox.com/jjcUFB14eDg (for a quick chat) – VonC Feb 25 '15 at 07:24
  • thanks for being so coperative and i tried the same but it requires - "Firefox Hello requires access to your camera and microphone". I think there is no typing option there. – LivCool Feb 25 '15 at 13:03
  • @R.Sha no you can choose to not share your camera – VonC Feb 25 '15 at 13:41