Managing code changes for software development
US7131112B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Development of multiple-version software employs versioned documents in a store. The documents are compared (differenced) at both line and character levels. Potential conflicts in merged documents are marked by detecting possible alternative histories from a common parent document. Changes from an earlier version are removed from a later version of the same document even when the document has intervening versions. A build lab allows developers to work in parallel on a new software build while another build is being run and patched on a different set of documents; the developers each have private copies from which changes pertaining to a build have been added, and then backed out when the file is returned to a common area.
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