Two questions about "Deleting file content from the repository"
This feature is available (if you are repository administrator) in the Eclipse interface.
I have 2 questions : - Does this feature remove completely and physically the file contents from the repository (impossible to hack)? - Is it available in command line (for scripted mass destructions) Thanks ! |
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Yes, delete will remove the file contents permanently. The content is not accessible after deletion. There is also a command line option for delete as well. If you run scm.exe -help it will list all of the commands available in a given release.
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Jean-Michel, have you looked at this video, and in particular around minute 8:31 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFMiEanEELo I looks like Chris lays out the three commands you will need. |
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Look at this hot off the presses :
"Deleting Content From Source Control in Rational Team Concert" https://jazz.net/library/article/1006 |
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Thanks a lot, Rolf, for answering so quickly.. and positively !
I already looked at the command line of the 4.0. I guess that the command to delete file contents is the command "scm delete state-content" but the documentation is very short - this is a general remark about scm - .. it says that it "deletes states of an item" .. which "state" of which "item" do I have to refer to in my case ? More completely, I want to delete all file versions in a component which contains critical technology - after it has been transfered to a new server in a protected zone. What is the sequence of commands I should use to get finally to the data I want to delete ? I see that it is possible to get the list of all the changes sets of a component. Should I start from that point ? |
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Thanks to your help, I could develop my script that deletes all file contents in a component.
In my first tests, I did not use the --force option so, on some change sets, I got the message below : For a better understanding of the consequences of this option, I wonder what kind of dependence it is and by which user situation it is generated. > ./scm delete state-content -r https://jazz-server:9443/jazz -u jazzy -P jazzy 1168 1169 The state "1169" content is referenced by 12 items: /net.jazz.uws.squawk/license.html /net.jazz.uws.build.scripts/license.html /net.jazz.uws.squawk.ui/license.html /net.jazz.uws.squawk.doc/license.html /net.jazz.uws.squawk.ui.tests/license.html ... Rerun with --force option to delete the content. Deleting this content will also remove this content from all files that reference it. Problem running 'delete state-content': Failed to delete content. |
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I got some problems while running my script on a "real life" example.
"list changesets" apparently returns invalid change set UUIDs and the content deletion cannot be completed. For more information (script used, error description ..) , you can follow the WI 219646 on jazz.net https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=219646 |
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