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Source Control

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Command for ignoring white space in RTC

As we have an option to ignore white space in eclipse and visual studio clients during comparing file in RTC source control, expecting an option for the same using command-line interface. The SCM teams automated the merge operations using the comm...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Future consideration

Extend "Code Reivew" to non-ASCII files like MS Office, PDF, etc.

Code review is a great tool for someone to review and comment on artifacts prior to delivery of the changes to the stream. However, it currently only works with ASCII files. Many of the files we need to create are MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 2 Not under consideration

Need to extend advanced search to support search in specific snapshot of the stream

System: Automated Tests ExtractionActor: SCM Automation needing new feature Automated Tests Extraction is a commonly used product that provides information for the availability of test files and test results within specific Snapshot of the stream....
almost 7 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 3 Not under consideration

Create an exclude pattern for autolock

In the stream you can (de)select the autolocking for files. This means, when files are autolocked, the question pops up whether you want to lock the file when starting to edit. When there is no autolock you can start editing straight away.The auto...
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 0 Future consideration

Improve effectiveness of Change Explorer in Visual Studio

Currently the Change Explorer View in Visual Studio does not match the effectiveness of the view seen in Eclipse. In Visual Studio: All Components are shown in the tree, even those without changes, therefore the user needs to click on a component ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Future consideration

Binary Compare should display comparison of binary data and not be restricted to text compare

When invoking compare for binary files, the binary differences are not displayed by the Binary Compare, instead the following message is displayed: First bytes differ at position NNNN Switch to Text Compare using the drop down menu above Reporting...
over 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Not under consideration

Comparison of different repository files using external compare tool

External Compare tools can be utilized when comparing different versions of the same file, however if two different files are selected in repository files view for compare, it is currently only possible to use the internal compare capability which...
over 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Future consideration

Prevent component replacement in RTC stream

We want to prevent component replacement in the stream. When we verified the existing preconditions we can see that there are preconditions for adding new components but not for replacing the components.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 3 Not under consideration

Need to be able to indicate that a change sets causes a problem and which change set(s) fix it.

Errata / Bug Management See also:https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=373972
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Not under consideration

Merge the changes from one stream to other automatically even if the file location is changed

1) Create Stream A with 2 components, comp1 and comp2.2) Create Stream A workspace and share projects to both the components.3) Create Stream B by duplicating Stream A4) In Stream A workpace move file 1 from comp1 to comp2 using 'Move in Repositor...
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Not under consideration