Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Sun offers “Virtualization for Dummies” book for free
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: May 15, 2009
I think it’s a good opportunity to learn new things: Virtualization for Dummies In a few weeks I plan to write about ALM, CM and virtualization.
ClearCase UCM Stream Strategies
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: April 9, 2009
- In: ALM | ClearCase | CM Planning | Tips and Tricks | UCM
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ClearCase users, you may find the following details very useful: IBM Rational ClearCase Support would like to welcome you to a ClearCase Open Mic conference call. Date: Tuesday April 21st 2009 Time: 1pm-2pm Eastern Time (GMT-5) Topic: UCM Stream Strategies – Component vs Release Architecture Our GoMidjets ClearEnv (An innovative utility that creates UCM environments [...]
New add-ons for IBM Rational ClearCase
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: December 7, 2008
I’m pleased to inform you about the following ClearCase add-ons which have been developed by me and GoMidjets: ClearCheck – Easily check the integrity of your ClearCase database. ClearEnv – Centralized management of environments and methodologies over ClearCase UCM. CompBL – Compares ClearCase UCM baselines easily. For download and further details, please press here: GoMidjets
How to integrate Visual Studio 2008 with IBM Rational ClearCase?
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: September 7, 2008
This post describes how to integrate Visual Studio 2008 with IBM Rational ClearCase
New version of CompBL (v1.1)
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: August 8, 2008
CompBL is a freeware that enables you to compare two ClearCase UCM baselines. A few minor bugs are fixed due to comments by users. Take it from here, or just view all utility details here . BTW: The utility has a new package. Now its installation is much easier.
How to automatically find the ClearCase delivery source stream?
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: July 1, 2008
How to automatically find the delivery source stream using ClearCase UCM
New version of CompBL (v1.0.7)
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: June 30, 2008
I enhanced the CompBL utility, by a request that I was asked for. The enhancement includes a new feature that enables you to exclude the ClearCase internal baselines (those which start with “deliverbl…” caption), so you will get smaller baseline lists. I also made some minor bugs fixing… You know, it’s a software… Take it from here, [...]
New version of CompBL (v1.0.5)
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: May 30, 2008
I made a new version of CompBL, the free utility which compares ClearCase baselines easily (see two posts below) What’s new on version 1.0.5: Supporting ClearCase MultiSite PVOBs (Thanks to Mark Toller for the feedbacks!). The output length was limited to be 64KB. Now it is unlimited. The Help menu contains links to manual document, [...]
CompBL FAQ
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: May 23, 2008
I have been asked many questions about this free utility, so I decided to collect the common questions into a FAQ document, and publish it in the next release. Meanwhile, I write here a brief FAQ: Q: I’m using composite baselines. Does this utility support it? A: Yes! You can filter the displayed components to [...]
A recommendation: Comapre and merge utilility which integrated to CM tools
Posted by: Tamir Gefen on: May 5, 2008
- In: ClearCase | Configuration Management | CVS | Subversion | SVN | Tips and Tricks
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A few months ago I looked for a good compare/diff and merge utility, since I needed one with good XML support. After I tested a few, I decided to use ‘kdiff’ – an open-source utility. Why? It supports XML UTF-8 very well It is automatically integrated to ClearCase, SVN, CVS and some more CM systems (It [...]
