Serena PVCS

Serena PVCS is a version control management tool. To use Serena PVCS as an artifact source, select PVCS from the Source Config Type drop-down list box then configure the type-specific fields described here. For information about creating components, see Creating Components.

See Basic Fields for information about the standard fields which apply to each source type.

Serena PVCS Fields table

Field Description
PCLI Path Path to the PVCS CLI tool.
Database Path Path to the PVCS database.
Base Path Base path of the repository.
Project Path Path to the project.
Archive Path The location of the archive relative to the database path.
Includes The patterns to match files to upload. The wild card ** indicates every directory and the wildcard * indicates every file. So, the pattern dist/**/* would retrieve the entire file tree underneath the dist directory.
Excludes The patterns to exclude files to upload.
User Serena PVCS username. For information about user impersonation, see User Impersonation
Password Password associated with the Serena PVCS username.
Preserve Execute Permissions To save file execute permissions with the files, select this check box. Not selected by default.
Filter By Default is None (no filter). Use to filter polled versions based on: Provision|Label|Promotion Group, and specify the value for the filter using the Filter Value field.
Filter Value If you specify a versions filter in the Filter By field, use this field to specify a value for the filter.
Import Versions Automatically If you want the configured version's source polled periodically for new versions, select this check box. Not selected by default.
Copy to CodeStation If selected, artifacts will be copied from the given source into the server's CodeStation repository from which they can be retrieved during deployments. Selected by default.
Default Version Type Full|Incremental. The type of versions to create by default on version imports. Full is the default.
Inherit Cleanup Settings If selected, this component inherits version cleanup configuration from the system settings. Selected by default.
Run process after creating a new version Not selected by default.