Integration of RTC with other SCM repository VSS etc..

Hi,

RTC has default repsoitory. But is it possible to use RTC with repsoitory VSS. Are there any limitation if we use VSS as Repsoitory with RTC.

I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository with RTC.

Regards
Ketan Shah

Hi Ketan...

I doubt this is possible, but if it is, the limitations will be the limitations of VSS. We were a VSS shop for years, and we'll never look back. RTC rocks.

Travis

You can use RTC with VSS, but then you'd only be using the work item,
agile planning, and build components of RTC. So you wouldn't get any of
the SCM benefits of RTC. Also, there currently is not a "VSS Bridge",
so you wouldn't get the integration between RTC work items and your
source code changes (such as you get with the ClearCase Bridge or the
Subversion Bridge).

Cheers,
Geoff

shahketank23 wrote:

Hi,

RTC has default repsoitory. But is it possible to use RTC with
repsoitory VSS. Are there any limitation if we use VSS as Repsoitory
with RTC.

I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository
with RTC.

Regards
Ketan Shah

Hi,
I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository with RTC.

Regards
Ketan Shah

You could use Subversion or Git with RTC - these are open source SCM systems.

Is there a specific reason why you do not want to use the RTC built-in SCM?

anthony

In our company's most of projects we are using VSS as a repository.

So there are two options either migrate all exisitng projects code to RTC buildin SCM - There are some client and organization soecific issue

Other option is use RTC with VSS.

I am still wandering what are SCM features I won't be able to use if RTC is used with VSS.
For example features of RTC SCM are
1) Baselining
2) Checkin, deliver, merge, changeset code
3) Linking changeset, changes to workitem

According to me Agile planning and workitem are features of RTC which is not related to SCM.

Please let me know which are feature of SCM will be used for SCM and which are not

Hi,
I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository with RTC.

Regards
Ketan Shah

You could use Subversion or Git with RTC - these are open source SCM systems.

Is there a specific reason why you do not want to use the RTC built-in SCM?

anthony

In general, my comments from yesterday apply here, i.e.:

"You can use RTC with VSS, but then you'd only be using the work item,
agile planning, and build components of RTC. So you wouldn't get any of
the SCM benefits of RTC. Also, there currently is not a "VSS Bridge",
so you wouldn't get the integration between RTC work items and your
source code changes (such as you get with the ClearCase Bridge or the
Subversion Bridge). "

In particular, if you use VSS instead of RTC SCM, you will not get
baselining, checkin, deliver, merge, or change sets (that is all SCM
functionality). And because there is currently no VSS Bridge, you will
get no linking of RTC work items to anything in VSS.

Cheers,
Geoff

shahketank23 wrote:

In our company's most of projects we are using VSS as a repository.

So there are two options either migrate all exisitng projects code to
RTC buildin SCM - There are some client and organization soecific
issue

Other option is use RTC with VSS.

I am still wandering what are SCM features I won't be able to use if
RTC is used with VSS.
For example features of RTC SCM are
1) Baselining
2) Checkin, deliver, merge, changeset code
3) Linking changeset, changes to workitem

According to me Agile planning and workitem are features of RTC which
is not related to SCM.

Please let me know which are feature of SCM will be used for SCM and
which are not


kestertowrote:

Hi,
I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository
with RTC.
Regards
Ketan Shah

You could use Subversion or Git with RTC - these are open source SCM
systems.

Is there a specific reason why you do not want to use the RTC built-in
SCM?

anthony

Hi,

I want to know can we use any third party or freeware SCM repository with RTC.

Regards
Ketan Shah

There is a Jazz.net article called "Integrating other SCM Systems with Rational Team Concert 2.0" http://jazz.net/library/article/194 which contains a detailed example describing how Git change sets can be linked to Jazz Work Items via OSLC CM REST APIs. These instructions should also be helpful for building bridges to other version control systems.

This solution might not directly answer your question, but it may provide some ideas that might be beneficial to you or others who read this thread.