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Can RTC use Subversion as the source repository?


Kim Werner (6683) | asked Dec 03 '08, 11:27 p.m.
I know RTC can import from subversion, but can you check in changes from the RTC repositories INTO subversion? Is there a selected export TO subversion or do you have to export the whole library and how would one do that?

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Michael Valenta (3.7k3) | answered Dec 04 '08, 9:08 a.m.
FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
RTC currently only has a one way flow of data from Subversion to the
RTC/Jazz server (using the importer). Because of this, there are
basically two work flows that could be employed:

1) You can keep a Stream in RTC up-to-date with the latest changes from
an SVN repository using the method described on this wiki page
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/SCMImport. This would really only
work if all changes are committed to SVN and then imported into RTC.

2) You can import the SVN data into RTC and then work exclusively in
RTC. You could, at specified intervals, push the latest state back out
the the SVN repository. This would really only work if all changes are
made in RTC and pushed out to SVN.

There is a work item requesting 2-way synchronization:
https://jazz.net/jazz/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/40296
The request states CVS as the desired target but the work item also
mentions SVN.

Michael



kwerner wrote:
I know RTC can import from subversion, but can you check in changes
from the RTC repositories INTO subversion? Is there a selected export
TO subversion or do you have to export the whole library and how would
one do that?

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Ralph Schoon (63.3k33646) | answered Dec 04 '08, 10:36 p.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
Hello kwerner,

Instead of using RTC SCM you can also use a SVN bridge to use SVN instead
of SVN - if this is what you are looking for.
You will loose certain capabilities like baselining builds, retreiving and
accepting files without doing build scripts.

If you have data in RTC and want to migrate it to SVN the best I know is
the naive way: disconnect your projects from RTC and share them with SVN
again. This will allow you to move certain baselines into SVN to start from
there.


I know RTC can import from subversion, but can you check in changes
from the RTC repositories INTO subversion? Is there a selected export
TO subversion or do you have to export the whole library and how would
one do that?

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