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How to find where a string was added at first in code, with ClearCase?

I want to find in which ClearCase label a specific string was added in code?

I am using base ClearCase.

Solution

  • I recommended before (8 years ago) to limit the scope of your search and use the exec clause of a cleartool find.

    Example:

    cleartool find -all -type f -user myLogin \
  -version "lbtype(A_LABEL)" \
  -exec ...

    If you can do so in a dynamic view, you can then directly grep the content of CLEARCASE_XPN, the variable set by cleartool find for each version found.
    It reference an extended pathname that (in a dynamic view) you can directly read and grep for your code)

    You can do so for each label you can find in your Vob, from the oldest to the newest.

    Z:myvob>ct lstype -kind lbtype -short
Z:myvob>ct find . -version "lbtype(A_LABEL)" -print