Create baselines on a regular basis to ensure that project team
members stay in sync with each other's work.
You must be connected to a Rational ClearCase Web server to create
a baseline.
A new baseline includes the work project team members have delivered
to the integration stream since the last baseline. If your project uses feature-specific
development streams, perform this task on those streams and on the integration
stream. In some environments, the lead developer working on a feature might
assume the role of integrator for a feature-specific development stream.
To
create a baseline:
- Use the ClearCase Navigator view or the ClearCase
Details view to select the stream where you want to create the
baseline.
- Right-click the stream name and then select Make Baseline.
The Make Baseline dialog opens.
- Enter text to identify the new baseline in the Base
Name field. If a baseline naming template has been set up for
the UCM project, a read-only Template Name field displays
the name of the new baseline, including where the Base Name text
will be in the name. Otherwise, the text that you enter in the Base
Name field will be used for the baseline name. Note
that if the Base Name field is not available on the
dialog, you cannot modify the baseline name, and the name specified in the Template
Name field will be used.
- Optionally, enter a description of the new baseline in the Description field.
- Select a Baseline Type: Incremental or Full.
- Click OK to close the dialog and create
the baseline. Click Cancel to cancel the operation.
Note that if you click Cancel after clicking OK,
the Make Baseline dialog closes, but the baseline is
still created.