Check Files In and Out of ClearCase

Note: Rational Software strongly recommends that you check files out of Rational ClearCase before editing them. If you do not, you could experience problems when using a shared branch within a dynamic view due to automatic check out. Refer to the Automatic Check Out During a Save Operation topic for more information.

To check files out of ClearCase, edit them, and check them back into ClearCase, take the following steps:

  1. Select the files within WebSphere Studio that you want to check out and then take one of the following actions:
The ClearCase Check Out Element(s) dialog box appears.

  1. Within the Check Out Element(s) dialog box, click OK to complete the check out process and dismiss the dialog box. The file names appear in WebSphere Studio with a checked out status icon next to them.
  2. Edit and save the files within WebSphere Studio.
  3. Select the files within WebSphere Studio and take one of the following actions:
The ClearCase Check In Element(s) dialog box appears.

  1. Within the ClearCase Check In Element(s) dialog box, click OK.
Note: By default, ClearCase does not check in files that have not changed. You can change this behavior by clicking Advanced and selecting the Checkin even if identical option in the ClearCase - Checkin dialog box.