Intermediate IBM Rational ClearCase for UNIX

    

Summary:
ClearCase is the IBM Rational tool for automating source code configuration management and configuration management of other software and documentation assets. This course is for those who need to configure the ClearCase user environment or use ClearCase to support a branch-merge strategy for a software development project. The course covers the use of labels in ClearCase to support the marking of milestone or special versions of elements, how to create, use and merge branches in ClearCase and how to customize views by editing the config specs of a view. The course provides students with an understanding of the proper and effective use of common branching strategies and how the ClearCase branching mechanism can support those strategies. The course also covers the use of the extended path names in ClearCase and how these can be used in various tools (development and reporting) and scripts to treat any ClearCase version as an ordinary file.Students are taught how to read config spec rules and write their own customized views to support compartmentalization of development and best practices in branching and merging during projects. Special issues involving maintaining snapshot views are also discussed.

Duration:
1 Day/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is intended for those who will be customizing the ClearCase environment or planning branching-merging operations within a project or who will be writing scripts using ClearCase commands or integrating with ClearCase.

Topics:

• Review of Configuration Management
• Labels and extended path names
• Branching and Merging
• Branching and Merging in ClearCase
• View Management
• Snapshot Views
• ClearCase Integration

Prerequisites:
Students should have taken the Basics of ClearCase for Windows or UNIX course before attending.

Last Update: May 22, 2012