Creating a component baseline

A baseline records the current configuration of a component in a repository workspace or stream.
About this task

A baseline is a repository object that records the state of a component at a specific time. Every component has at least one baseline, which was created when the component was created. To view the history of baselines for a component, right-click the component and click Show Baselines.

You can deliver a baseline to a workspace flow target to denote the completion of a group of related change sets, or any time you want to propagate the current state of projects in the component to one or more flow targets. You can configure your repository workspace to use another version of a component (an experimental one, or perhaps one that is known to be stable) by replacing the component with one of its other baselines. You can also use baselines to populate new repository workspaces or streams.

To create a baseline:

  1. Right-click the component for which you want to create a baseline and click New > Baseline.
  2. Click Details to see the list of existing baselines for the component. Enter a name for the baseline and a brief description. You might want to follow a naming convention so that all baseline names have a similar construction that conveys some meaning to users. Rational Team Concert™ source control adds a number to the start of the baseline name.
  3. Click OK to create the baseline.
Results

The new baseline is created and added to the list of existing baselines for the component. The baseline name appears in the component's Outgoing folder. Delivering the baseline updates the current flow target with the current state of the component.


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