Merging older versions of a file within Clearcase

Question

I have a file which has been checked out in a dynamic view and modified a certain time ago without being checked in, I'll call this version i. In the mean time the development branch has moved on and several newer versions (j, k and then l) of the same file have been checked in from other views. I need to merge the modifications of version i and l. I can't simply check version i in because that generates a "predecessor is not latest" error.

Is there a safe (and simple) way of doing that?

Answer 1

One safest way is to:

• checkout l, and then
• use a third-party merge tool (kdiff3 for instance) to merge i (source) with l (destination, checked out).
• Then check in a new merged version m.

Finally, you can undo checkout i in the first dynamic view, allowing that version to update itself automatically (dynamically) to the latest version 'm' (result of the merge)