Use the Create Branch Type option in the ClearCase
Navigator view to create branch types.
Before you begin
You must connect to a Rational ClearCase server to create a branch
type.
About this task
To create a branch type:
- Using the ClearCase Navigator view, navigate
to the VOB where you want to create the branch type.
- Click the (+) next to the VOB name to expand the VOB node. The Branch Types and Label Types nodes
are displayed.
- Right-click the Branch Types node and select Create
Branch Type. The Create Branch Type dialog
opens.
- In the Name field, specify a name for the
branch type.
- Specify the scope of the new branch type. Select Ordinary to
create an ordinary branch type that can be used only in the current VOB. Select Global to
create a branch type that can be used as a global resource by client VOBs
in the administrative VOB hierarchy.
- If you chose a Global branch type, you can
also select the Acquire eclipsing types option to check
for all eclipsing branch types in client VOBs and convert them to local copies
of the new global branch type.
- Optionally, you can enter a description of the new branch type
in the Comment field.
- Click OK.
What to do next
The new branch type is created in the VOB. You can use the
ClearCase
Navigator view or the
ClearCase Details view
to see all of the branch types that exist in a VOB.