Patent · US Expired

Version management tool

US4912637A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 1988
Grant dateMar 27, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99954
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for preserving, generating, and merging different versions of a common module that utilizes a line file storing the text of every line in a version and addressing each line with a unique line identifier. Any desired version may be generated directly without creating intermediate versions. The unique line identifiers facilitate a merge operation that does not duplicate lines.

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