Get URL for SCM folder that does not contain the Project Area name
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Hello everyone,
I tried to search for some kind of “shortened” link that contains only ids, but I did not succeed.
For workitems this is possible:-link with PA name: https://server:port/ccm/web/projects/Project_Area_Name#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=workitemId
Kind regards,
Ana R.
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Several issues here.
- As far as I know, SCM folders are not under version control, only the changes to files are.
- The Web Browser is not a full blown SCM client and you end up having UI URIs and not SCM URI's.
- In the Eclipse UI I was able to open the properties of a folder under version control. Right click in the package explorer select Properties and then select Jazz Source Control, where you find URIs that are not UI URI's.
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On (1), SCM folders are under version control. They need to be created/moved/renamed/deleted in change sets, which need to be delivered, like changes to files.
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I think I had attended a meeting last week where it was pointed out that the files are traced, not the folders.
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You need to distinguish the root folder in a sandbox where a component is loaded from the folders inside a component. The root folder where a component is loaded is not under version control. All of the folders inside of a component are under version control. So it is true that not all of the folders in a sandbox are under version control, but all folders in a component are under version control. And in particular, if you have empty folders inside a component, and you load that component, all of those empty folders will be loaded in your sandbox (no need for fake files to get them loaded).
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Hi Geoff,