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If the development team has been using change packages, they can isolate the files that relate to
the new data compression feature. However, without the functionality of Apply CP and Resync CP,
the buildmaster at abcBusiness would have to manually search the required change package(s)
and individually review all of the associated files to isolate the changes related to the feature. The
buildmaster would then have to manually add, drop, rename, and move files, update file revisions,
merge around unwanted revisions, merge in required changes, and merge out any unwanted
changes.
Using the functionality of Apply CP and Resync CP, this complicated process becomes largely
automated. In Source Integrity, the Apply CP operation works directly in the project to add and
drop files, and update file revisions as required to create the desired change. Source Integrity
presents you with a list--the backfill list--of all change packages required to capture the issue. In
the Apply CP operation, you must either accept or decline this list--you cannot make selections. If
you accept the list, the Apply CP command completes. If you decline the list, the Apply CP
command cannot complete.
If the Apply CP command fails because merging is required, you can then run the Resync CP
command. Resync CP works in a sandbox and allows you to make selections from the backfill list.
Source Integrity then merges around unwanted changes and uses differencing to merge files.
Consider once again, the abcBusiness development team. Because the team has been tracking all
of their changes through the use of change packages, they can target the main trunk of
development and use Apply CP and Resync CP functionality to extract only those files that relate
to the new data compression feature. Those specific change packages can then be applied to a
variant project of Aurora 2.0 and testing carried out within a new project designed specifically for
the customer.
The functionality allows you to maximize existing development work, while being more responsive
to both internal and external stakeholders. Apply CP and Resync CP are especially effective in any
environment where there are large numbers of files to deal with--whether these are code files for a
software project or Web pages for a complex Web site.
Apply CP Example
This section provides an example to show how Apply CP can be used in your environment. In this
example, the buildmaster brings a new feature from the main trunk of project development and
applies it to an earlier release.
The abcBusiness software company has released their Aurora software, version 3.0. When the
release was completed, the project was checkpointed and all project members were labelled. The
development team is now working on a new set of features for the next release, 4.0. A new feature
for this release is a timestamp function. All the changes associated with the timestamp function
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