This wizard helps you to merge changes across steams or their subfolders. Merge uses a work area to apply changes and process conflicts. This enables you to safely merge, build, and test before delivering the merge results to a target stream in a repository.
Field |
Description |
Rules and Guidelines |
Merge changes from this stream |
Specify the stream that will be the source for this merge. Do one of the following:
PRODUCT:STREAM_NAME;VERSION For example: QLARIUS:JAVA_BRANCHA;5 |
If you do not specify a stream version the changes are merged from the latest version. |
Merge changes into this target stream |
Displays the name of the stream from which you invoked the merge. To select a different target stream enter its name or click Select and choose a stream. |
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Merge using this work area |
Select the work area where the merge will be performed or enter its path. |
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Perform an interactive merge |
Interactively review the merge results before applying them to the work area. |
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Limit the scope of the merge to this folder |
Restrict the scope of the merge to a specific folder and its subfolders. Browse to a folder or enter its path. |
If you invoked the Merge wizard from a subfolder its path is displayed. |
Advanced |
Click to display more options. |
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Include repository file |
Enter an expression to only include specific file types in the merge. |
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Exclude repository file |
Enter an expression to exclude specific file types from the merge |
See above |
Apply repository date and time |
Apply the repository date and time to the files in the work area. |
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Auto merge non-conflicting file content |
Automatically merge files whose content does not conflict. You can also select a default character set that is used to transcode Unicode files before merging. |
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Merge |
Click to perform an automatic non-interactive merge. |
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Next |
Click to perform a manual interactive merge. |
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If you deselected interactive merge and there are no conflicts the merge completes successfully. If there are conflicts, or you selected interactive merge, the Review Changes page is displayed. Review the list of conflicts and select a resolution for each one.
After the merge has completed successfully you will be prompted to deliver the files to the repository.