[archive] Merging files using Source Control Software

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

No one uses source control software with AcuBench?????

Please respond if you do........

Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

No one uses source control software with AcuBench?????

Please respond if you do........

Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

Check out the Acucorp Wednesday webinars

http://www.acucorp.com/events/webinars.php

The webinar about Using AcuBench with Large projects should be helpful to you.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

Check out the Acucorp Wednesday webinars

http://www.acucorp.com/events/webinars.php

The webinar about Using AcuBench with Large projects should be helpful to you.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

Dilbert thanks for the reply. I was on that webinar and it did not answer the main quesiton/issue that we have. How do you merge projects? If you listen to the webinar you will even get to hear me ask the question.

Thanks again for the answer.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

I personally would be very careful about this type of merge. The pjt file has information about modes and pathing of the project. For instance, If a develop used a W drive and the the PC that will have the merged pjt file does not have a W drive you'll get some errors. Also if there are modes that named the same but have different values you may find some issues there as well.

The psf's are going to have similar difficulties, Program naming and screen naming and working storage naming conventions need to be considered before a merge. For instance how many identical ProgramX (program name) are in your collection of psf's?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

I personally would be very careful about this type of merge. The pjt file has information about modes and pathing of the project. For instance, If a develop used a W drive and the the PC that will have the merged pjt file does not have a W drive you'll get some errors. Also if there are modes that named the same but have different values you may find some issues there as well.

The psf's are going to have similar difficulties, Program naming and screen naming and working storage naming conventions need to be considered before a merge. For instance how many identical ProgramX (program name) are in your collection of psf's?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

Thanks for the response (again). This is exactly what we are looking for help with. How is ANYBODY able to merge projects? The items that you list are the major issues that we have and keep us from using merging.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 June 2006]

We use Rational to handle source control on our Unix systems and it works great. We are able to Merge code, set versions, have multiple developers working on the same programs, etc.

Our issue is that we have started developing GUI programs in Bench. We have not found a way to Merge the Bench projects. The .evt, .scr are ok because they are just code files, our issue comes when Rational tries to merge .psf & .pjt files.

If anyone has been able to crack this nut please get back to me. Better yet if anyone has been able to use a Version Control software to merge bench projects please tell me.

Thanks

Thanks for the response (again). This is exactly what we are looking for help with. How is ANYBODY able to merge projects? The items that you list are the major issues that we have and keep us from using merging.