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https://github.com/mdub/basketcase

making ClearCase ever-so-slightly less painful
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= basketcase



* http://basketcase.rubyforge.org/

* http://rubyforge.org/projects/basketcase/

* http://dogbiscuit.org/mdub/



== Description



BasketCase is a (Ruby) script that encapsulates the Rational ClearCase

command-line interface, cleartool, making it (slightly) more

comfortable for developers more used to non-locking version-control systems

such as CVS or Subversion.



== Features



BasketCase can help you:



* List modified elements.

* Update a snapshot view, including automatic merge of modified elements.

* Check-out (unreserved) and check-in elements.

* Undo a check-out, reverting to the base version.

* Perform a bulk check-in (or revert).

* Add, remove and rename elements.

* Display change-logs and version-trees.

* Display differences for modified elements.



== Synopsis



  usage: basketcase  []



  GLOBAL OPTIONS



      -t/--test   test/dry-run/simulate mode

                  (ie. don't actually do anything)



      -d/--debug  debug cleartool interaction



  COMMANDS        (type 'basketcase help ' for details)



      % list, ls, status, stat

      % lsco

      % diff

      % log, history

      % tree, vtree

      % update, up

      % checkin, ci, commit

      % checkout, co, edit

      % uncheckout, unco, revert

      % add

      % remove, rm, delete, del

      % move, mv, rename

      % auto-checkin, auto-ci, auto-commit

      % auto-uncheckout, auto-unco, auto-revert

      % auto-sync, auto-addrm

      % help



== Installation



Is as easy as:



  sudo gem install basketcase



== Background



In mid-2006, Mike Williams worked on a client project which, despite the

team's wishes, was burdened with ClearCase as it's source-code control

system.



The team was attempting to use Agile practices such as collective code

ownership, refactoring and continuous-integration, and ClearCase was in the

way:



* ClearCase enables and in many ways favours "reserved" check-outs of

  elements, preventing collective code ownership.

* When add, removing or moving elements, ClearCase will sometimes apply the

  change to the repository immediately, without waiting for a "commit".

* When updating, ClearCase will not attempt to merge other developers'

  changes to elements you have checked-out ... leaving your view in an

  inconsistent state.

* Performing an automatic merge from the command-line requires an unwieldy,

  obscure command.

* There is no easy way to do a bulk-commit from the command-line.



Mike wrote BasketCase in frustration.



== License



(The MIT License)



Copyright (c) 2008 Mike Williams



Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining

a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the

'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including

without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,

distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to

permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to

the following conditions:



The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.



THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY

CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,

TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE

SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.