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Viewing Project
Differences
Controlling Projects
6 To update the working file to the member revision number of the
target project, highlight the member and resynchronize it by choosing
Member > Resynchronize.
Source Integrity updates the working files to the member revision
number of the target project. All restored members are returned to the
initial state (by default, this is EXP).
Typically, the next time you check in the restored members, the
member revision number is incremented to the next sequential level.
Source Integrity allows you to view a summary of the changes that have
occurred between two versions of a project. In the graphical user interface
and Web interface, this functionality is provided through View Project
Differences. In the command line interface, you can access this
functionality through the si mods command.
Information is provided on any change packages that have been applied
between two revisions of the project. This information is extremely useful
for confirming the specific content of a project.
For more information on checkpointing, see “Checkpointing a Project” on
page 269.
As you work with the project and its members, the content of the project
file changes:
The revision number of the project is updated each time you
checkpoint that project.
As you check in individual project members, their revision numbers
change.
Project members may be added or deleted.
Project attributes may be added or deleted.
Source Integrity can also checkpoint subprojects if a project is
checkpointed recursively.
The changes to a project and its members are not tracked as they happen,
but rather the View Project Differences command takes two checkpoints (or
a checkpoint and the current version) of the project and then compares
them.
The View Project Differences command can compare the following:
two specified revisions of the project
the current revision of the project with a specified revision
the current version of the project with the last checkpointed revision
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