Is there a simple client to access RTC source control?
RTC is very much geared toward teams of developers. I have a team of content creators that are not developers... or even "techies". For example, they would never use a command line.
I need the content creators to use source control because funneling all the content changes through one developer who understands RTC is way too costly. RTC with all its streams, work items, baselines, change sets, etc is wayyyyy too complex for the content creators. We want to use RTC and do have techies that will use the full-blown rich client to manage everything... but the content creators outnumber the developers by tenfold... so we want to hide all of the complexity of RTC from the content creators.
Does any kind of very lightweight GUI exist that would allow just basic source control operations such as locking check-out, check-in and unlock? I need any such UI to operate on MacOS and maybe Windows.
I need the content creators to use source control because funneling all the content changes through one developer who understands RTC is way too costly. RTC with all its streams, work items, baselines, change sets, etc is wayyyyy too complex for the content creators. We want to use RTC and do have techies that will use the full-blown rich client to manage everything... but the content creators outnumber the developers by tenfold... so we want to hide all of the complexity of RTC from the content creators.
Does any kind of very lightweight GUI exist that would allow just basic source control operations such as locking check-out, check-in and unlock? I need any such UI to operate on MacOS and maybe Windows.
6 answers
In particular, just point a web browser at your RTC server, select the
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control tab. It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 8/16/2011 5:38 AM, rschoon wrote:
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control tab. It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 8/16/2011 5:38 AM, rschoon wrote:
Hi Michael,
currently there is the Web UI that allows to lock, download, change
upload and unlock single files. There are work items for a standalone
SCM client, but it is not available today.
In particular, just point a web browser at your RTC server, select the
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control tab. It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
Yes, but that doesn't work for development of multiple files by non-developers (e.g., design teams) that we'd like to use the tool. The web ui would be great if it would allow for multiple file manipulation, instead of one at a time.
I tried searching for the stand alone scm client, but didn't find it. Does anyone have the WI #'s that can be referenced?
For a GUI standalone SCM client, you can create an Eclipse perspective
that only shows the the SCM views of interest. Commonly, it would have
"my work" in the navigator view on the left pane, a work item in the
"editor" upper-right pane, and the Pending Changes view in the
lower-right pane.
Or you could write your own scripts to set up and manipulate RTC
sandboxes using the RTC "scm" command line tool.
And for RTC-4.0, if you are using a Windows client, a "Windows Explorer"
plug-in is being developed.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/20/2011 11:38 AM, roderick.thomas wrote:
that only shows the the SCM views of interest. Commonly, it would have
"my work" in the navigator view on the left pane, a work item in the
"editor" upper-right pane, and the Pending Changes view in the
lower-right pane.
Or you could write your own scripts to set up and manipulate RTC
sandboxes using the RTC "scm" command line tool.
And for RTC-4.0, if you are using a Windows client, a "Windows Explorer"
plug-in is being developed.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/20/2011 11:38 AM, roderick.thomas wrote:
gmclemmwrote:
In particular, just point a web browser at your RTC server, select
the
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control tab.
It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple
client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
Yes, but that doesn't work for development of multiple files by
non-developers (e.g., design teams) that we'd like to use the tool.
The web ui would be great if it would allow for multiple file
manipulation, instead of one at a time.
I tried searching for the stand alone scm client, but didn't find it.
Does anyone have the WI #'s that can be referenced?
Geoff, good to hear on the "Windows Explorer" plugin, I suspect as we start planning an SCM rollout this'll become important to our users who don't always want to launch eclipse. Is there a WI I can track to get more details? I tried searching and couldn't find anything.
Scott
Scott
For a GUI standalone SCM client, you can create an Eclipse perspective
that only shows the the SCM views of interest. Commonly, it would have
"my work" in the navigator view on the left pane, a work item in the
"editor" upper-right pane, and the Pending Changes view in the
lower-right pane.
Or you could write your own scripts to set up and manipulate RTC
sandboxes using the RTC "scm" command line tool.
And for RTC-4.0, if you are using a Windows client, a "Windows Explorer"
plug-in is being developed.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/20/2011 11:38 AM, roderick.thomas wrote:
gmclemmwrote:
In particular, just point a web browser at your RTC server, select
the
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control tab.
It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple
client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
Yes, but that doesn't work for development of multiple files by
non-developers (e.g., design teams) that we'd like to use the tool.
The web ui would be great if it would allow for multiple file
manipulation, instead of one at a time.
I tried searching for the stand alone scm client, but didn't find it.
Does anyone have the WI #'s that can be referenced?
There are a variety of work items on this ... one of the earliest ones is:
43272: Windows Explorer client for simple SCM operations (like
ClearCase, Tortoise, etc.) for non-eclipse users
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/22/2011 9:23 AM, sac625 wrote:
43272: Windows Explorer client for simple SCM operations (like
ClearCase, Tortoise, etc.) for non-eclipse users
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/22/2011 9:23 AM, sac625 wrote:
Geoff, good to hear on the "Windows Explorer" plugin, I
suspect as we start planning an SCM rollout this'll become important
to our users who don't always want to launch eclipse. Is there a WI I
can track to get more details? I tried searching and couldn't find
anything.
Scott
gmclemmwrote:
For a GUI standalone SCM client, you can create an Eclipse
perspective
that only shows the the SCM views of interest. Commonly, it would
have
"my work" in the navigator view on the left pane, a work
item in the
"editor" upper-right pane, and the Pending Changes view in
the
lower-right pane.
Or you could write your own scripts to set up and manipulate RTC
sandboxes using the RTC "scm" command line tool.
And for RTC-4.0, if you are using a Windows client, a "Windows
Explorer"
plug-in is being developed.
Cheers,
Geoff
On 12/20/2011 11:38 AM, roderick.thomas wrote:
gmclemmwrote:
In particular, just point a web browser at your RTC server, select
the
project area you want to work on, and select the Source Control
tab.
It
provides all the functions Michael requested, and was specifically
designed for the use case you describe, i.e. a lightweight simple
client
for accessing documents under source control.
Cheers,
Geoff
Yes, but that doesn't work for development of multiple files by
non-developers (e.g., design teams) that we'd like to use the tool.
The web ui would be great if it would allow for multiple file
manipulation, instead of one at a time.
I tried searching for the stand alone scm client, but didn't find
it.
Does anyone have the WI #'s that can be referenced?