checkin

Creates a permanent new version of an element

APPLICABILITY

ClearCase (cleartool subcommand), Attache (command)

SYNOPSIS

checkin | ci [ -c·omment comment | -cfi·le comment-file-pname |-cq·uery

| -cqe·ach | -nc·omment ] [ -nwa·rn ]
[ -cr ] [ -pti·me ] [ -kee·p | -rm ] [ -fro·m source-pname ]
[ -ide·ntical ] { -cact | activity-selector ... | pname ... }

DESCRIPTION

To create a new version of an element, checkin makes changes in the VOB and in the view.

Actions Taken in the VOB

For one or more elements, checkin creates a successor to a version that was previously checked out in the current view: the predecessor version. The version number of the successor is the next unused number on the branch. (If one or more versions have been deleted from the end of the branch with rmver, it may seem that some version numbers have been skipped.) An appropriate message is displayed:

Checked in "msg.c" version "\main\bugfix\26".

In Attache, any existing local files corresponding to pathname arguments are uploaded before performing the checkin remotely; directories are not uploaded.

A checkin event record is created, which can be listed with the lshistory command:

cmd-context lshistory msg.c
06-Aug.12:09 akp create version "msg.c@@\main\bugfix\26"

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Only elements can be checked in. You cannot check in a view-private or local file; you must first make an element of the same name. Use the mkelem -ci command to simultaneously create an element and check in a view-private or local file as its first version.

Actions Taken in the View

checkin works differently in different contexts.

• Dynamic view. By default, the new version of a file element is created by copying the contents of the view-private file named pname (the checked-out version) to the VOB, and then deleting that file. The -keep and -from options alter this behavior.
• Snapshot view. By default, the new version of a file element is created by copying the contents of the file named pname (the checked-out version) to the VOB. The checked-in version remains in the view. (This version may not be the one specified by the config spec.) The -keep and -from options alter this behavior. If multiple instances of this file element areloaded into the view (because the load rules specify a linked file in more than one location), checkin updates each instance of the file with the checked-in version.
• Attache. By default, the new version of a file element is created by uploading the local file named pname to the view, copying the contents of the uploaded view-private file named pname (the checked-out version) to the VOB, deleting that file in the view, and then setting the local file to read-only. The -keep and -from options alter this behavior.

After the element is checked in, your view typically selects the version you just created. However, in a dynamic view and Attache it is possible that your view selects another version (perhaps on another branch), because that version is specified by your config spec rules. In this case, checkin displays a warning message. In Attache, the workspace copy is not updated.

In Attache, a warning is issued for each argument that has no corresponding local file, but the command will still execute remotely. For each successfully checked-in version, the local file is changed to be read-only.

METADATA AND THE CHECKED-IN VERSION

From the viewpoint of the VOB database, the new, checked-in version is the same object as the checked-out version. Thus, any metadata items (version labels, attributes, hyperlinks) that were attached to the checked-out version remain attached to the new version. And, for example, checkin followed by mklabel is equivalent to mklabel followed by checkin.

CHECKIN OF RESERVED AND UNRESERVED CHECKOUTS

At the time you enter a checkin command, there may be several checkouts of the same version. At most one of the checkouts (perhaps yours) is reserved; all the others are unreserved. Your checkin command succeeds in either of these cases:

• Yours was a reserved checkout.
• All checkouts were unreserved, and no one has checked in a successor version.

If the command fails because someone else has a reserved checkout, you must wait until that checkout is resolved, with checkin, uncheckout, or unreserve. If the command fails because someone has checked in a successor version ahead of you, you can check in your work by performing the following steps:

1. Merge from the current LATEST version on the branch to your checked-out version.
2. Enter the checkin command again.

CHECKIN OF DERIVED OBJECTS

(ClearCase dynamic views and Attache only) You can check in a derived object to make it a version of an element (a DO version). By default, both the data and configuration record of a derived object are checked in. To save disk storage, you can use the -cr option to check in only the configuration record, not the data. Checking in a nonshareable DO converts the DO, its sibling DOs, and its sub-DOs to shareable DOs.

clearmake can reuse or wink in a derived object only if it is stored under its original pathname. Thus, a DO version created under an alternate name with checkin -from cannot be used by clearmake for build avoidance. (clearmake can still use the derived object named in the -from option, which is unaffected by this command.)

See the mkelem reference page for information on creating a file element for a DO, and see Working with Derived Objects and Configuration Records in Building Software with ClearCase for information regarding subsequent operations on DO versions.

PERMISSIONS AND LOCKS

Permissions Checking: checkin performs the following permission check:

• For all elements, an error occurs if you are not the user who checked out the element, the element's owner, the VOB owner, or a member of the ClearCase group.

See the permissions reference page.

Locks: checkin fails if any of the following objects have been locked: VOB, element type, branch type, element, branch, pool (file elements only).

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

EVENT RECORDS AND COMMENTS. Default: Creates one or more event records, with commenting controlled by your home directory's .clearcase_profile file in ClearCase or your remote home directory's .clearcase_profile file in Attache (default: -cqe). See CUSTOMIZING COMMENT HANDLING in the comments reference page. Comments can be edited with chevent.

-c·omment comment | -cfi·le comment-file-pname |-cq·uery | -cqe·ach | -nc·omment

Overrides the default with the option you specify. See the comments reference page.

NOTE: If a checkout comment exists (specified with the checkout command and/or generated to record changes to a checked-out directory), you can make it the checkin comment by using either of the following commands:

• checkin -nc

• checkin -cqe; at the prompt, press CTRL+Z ENTER or .RETURN
• checkin; at the prompt, press CTRL+Z ENTER or .RETURN

Any other entry at the -cqe prompt specifies a new checkin comment, discarding the checkout comment (if any) for that element. The -c and -cq options always discard the checkout comment (if any) for each element processed.

SUPPRESSING WARNING MESSAGES Default: Warning messages are displayed.

-nwa·rn

Suppresses warning messages.

CHECKING IN DERIVED OBJECTS.  Default: checkin checks in both the data and configuration record for a derived object.

-cr (For derived-object checkin only)

Checks in only the configuration record for the specified derived objects. Each new DO version will have a configuration record, but no data. You can use many cleartool commands with such DO versions, such as catcr, diffcr, and mklabel (but not lsdo). DO versions are also visible when you use the ls command. However, a version created with this option cannot be opened or executed, because there is no data.

MANAGING SOURCE FILES.  Default:

• In a dynamic view, checkin deletes each view-private, checked-out pname file after using it to create a new version.
• In a snapshot view, checkin uses the checked-out pname file to create a new version, then loads the checked-in version into the view.

You can use the following options (which have no meaning for directory elements) to save view-private copies, or to check in source files from other locations.

-kee·p

Saves the current contents of each checked-out version in a view-private file, in addition to creating a new version. The view-private file gets a name of the form pname.keep (or possibly, pname.keep.n). In Attache, this file is not downloaded to the workspace. -keep is the default when you use the -from option, because the current contents of the checked-out version would otherwise be lost.

-rm

Removes each pname file after creating a new version. In a dynamic view, this is the default if you do not use the -from option. This option does not affect the Attache workspace.

-fro·m source-pname

Uses the contents of source-pname as the new version, instead of the view-private file pname. By default, -keep is invoked to preserve the contents of the view-private pname. In Attache, if source-pname exists in the workspace, it is uploaded first. The source-pname file itself is not affected. This option makes it easy to copy data from another location (outside the VOB, perhaps) into an element's version tree.

When using this option, specify only one pname argument.

NOTE: In a snapshot view, you cannot use a view-extended pathname as source-pname.

MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS.  Default: checkin resets the new version's modification time to the check-in time. Also, checkin cancels the checkin operation for files managed by certain type managers, if the contents of the files match their predecessor versions.

-pti·me

Preserves the modification time of the file being checked in. If you omit this option, cleartool or Attache sets the modification time of the new version to the checkin time.

-ide·ntical

Checks in the element even if the predecessor version is identical to the checked-out version. By default, the checkin operation is canceled in such cases.

NOTE: This situation applies only to elements whose type manager computes version-to-version deltas (for example, elements of type text_file, binary_delta_file, and compressed_text_file). If an element's type manager does not compute deltas, checkin always creates a new version, whether or not it is identical to its predecessor. For example, a new version is always created for an element of type file, which uses the whole_copy type manager.

SPECIFYING OBJECTS TO CHECK IN.  Default: None.

-cact

Checks in each checked-out version in the change set of the current UCM activity in your view.

activity-selector ...

Checks in each checked-out version in the change set of each specified activity. Specify activity-selector in the form activity:activity-name[@vob-selector]

pname ...

The pathnames of one or more elements to be checked in.

EXAMPLES

Examples including wildcards or quoting are written for use in cleartool interactive mode. If you use cleartool single-command mode, you may need to change the wildcards and quoting to make your command interpreter process the command appropriately.

In cleartool single-command mode, cmd-context represents the command interpreter prompt. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt. In Attache, cmd-context represents the workspace prompt.

• After verifying its checkout comment, check in element util.c, using that comment.

cmd-context lscheckout -long util.c
10-May-99.16:11:07 Chuck Jackson (jackson.dvt@oxygen)
checkout version "util.c" from \main\4 (reserved)
by view: cj ("oxygen:c:\users\views\cj.vws")
"revise syntax"

cmd-context checkin -nc util.c
Checked in "util.c" version "\main\5".

• Check in an element from an alternate file, discarding the checked-out version. Provide a comment on the command line.

cmd-context checkin -rm -from c:\users\cep\util.c -c "Release 1.1 update" util.c
Checked in "util.c" version "\main\6".

• (ClearCase only) Check in only the configuration record of a derived object, discarding its data.

cmd-context checkin -nc -cr hello
Checked in "hello" version "\main\1".

SEE ALSO

attache_command_line_interface, attache_graphical_interface, checkout, clearmake, config_spec, get, lshistory, merge, mkelem, mkeltype, mklabel, profile_ccase, put, rmver, setwork, uncheckout