Re: Enormous bug with .NET IDE and Clearcase!

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From: John Wood (spam_at_isannoying.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:22:06 -0400

Not that you're necessarily advocating ClearCase... but it's not really that
powerful. I used ClearCase for a few years before switching to Perforce...
and have to say that Perforce is far more powerful. ClearCase didn't even
have the concept of a change batch (although that was a couple of years
ago), where-as perforce has changelists and jobs all of which are handled
atomically.

Sorry just felt I had to step in... :) 

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"Frans Bouma [C# MVP]" <perseus.usenetNOSPAM@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:xn0dkoks6alsvz000@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Beeeeeeeeeeeeves wrote:
>
> > I don't know what 'ClearCase' is but if you've installed some quaky
version
> > control system, or worse, some dodgy code-formatting program at your
> > office, then I think you're being highly arrogant to blame it on VS.NET
> > when they don't work together.
>
> Clearcase is a very expensive, robust, very powerful, high profile
> sourcecontrol system meant for large teams and enterprises.
>
> It can however be the way sourcecontrol itnegration is done in VS.NET, as
> the adapter for this in vs.net 2003 is not that powerful.
>
> It might be that it's a clearcase issue, I'm not sure if the TS has
already
> contacted clearcase on this?
>
> FB
>
> >
> >
> >
> > "Andrew Baker" wrote:
> >
> > > I have just found a very serious bug in the way Visual Studio
> > > interfaces with Clearcase...
> > >
> > > I found that once you have opened a code file in the IDE, the IDE
> > > caches this file and does not re-read it's contents EVEN IF YOU
> > > CHECKOUT THE FILE FROM CLEARCASE. This means that all of the work that
> > > was carried out on the file in any subsequent checkins will be lost.
> > >
> > > The only way round this seems to be to remember to close all the code
> > > panes for any files you are going to checkout before you checkout the
> > > file out. But you obviously don't get this luxury with project files
> > > (I have to actually close the IDE before checking out project files!).
> > >
> > > This problem seems to be unique to clearcase because if you open the
> > > code file using notepad and save a change, the IDE prompts you to
> > > reload the file.
> > >
> > > I have played around with the Source Code settings but had not luck,
> > > so if anyone has an ideas I would greatly appreciate it...
>
>
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