Publishing changes in an Edit branch
After you create or modify a Data definition, a generator, or a generator category in a project in HCL OneTest™ Server, you can publish all the changes that are in an Edit branch to the branch in the project repository. After which, other members in the project can view and use the test resources. The Edit branch automatically disappears from the Branch list of the Data page and the changes made to the project are merged into the previously selected branch name.
Before you begin
- Ensured that you are assigned a role as a Project Owner or Tester in the project. See Managing access to the server projects.
- Created a Data definition. See Creating a Data definition.
About this task
When you create or modify multiple assets in a project, the
Changes page lists all the changed assets in the selected
branch. In this scenario, you cannot publish or discard a single change. You must
either publish or discard all changes that are made to all the listed assets. The
Changes page also provides you with information about the
number of commits that the selected branch is ahead and behind. After you publish an
asset to the Git repository, all the other project members who have access to that
asset can view the updated asset. You can click the Menu icon
in each row of the assets to perform the following
actions in the Changes page:
| Options | Actions |
|---|---|
| Edit | Click Edit to make any updates to the asset before publishing. |
| Discard | Click Discard to remove the changes that you made to the asset. |
| Save as | Click Save as to save a copy of the
asset. Note:
When you try to publish a modified asset with conflicting edits, an error about conflicting changes is displayed. However, you can use the Save as option to save a copy of the asset edits under a new asset name. You must discard the edits that you made to the original asset. For example, consider a scenario when Amy Smith and John Doe edit the same Data definition, and Amy Smith edits and publishes the Data definition. On the Changes page, a message that indicates the number of commits ahead and behind in the branch is displayed when John Doe tries to publish the same Data definition. You can then use the Save as option to resolve this issue. |
Procedure
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Log in to HCL OneTest™ Server.
The team space that contains your project is displayed.
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Click to open the project that contains the test assets.
The Overview page of the project is displayed.
- Go to .
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Select the required branch from the Branch list.
All the updated assets that are present in the selected branch are displayed in the Changes page.
- Optional: Click the (n) commits ahead option, and then click Reset beside a commit to revert your changes for that asset.
- Optional: Click the (n) commits behind option, and then click Merge to merge the changes made by other members of the project into the selected branch.
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Click Publish changes.
The Publish dialog is displayed.
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Enter a description for the changes that you performed to the asset, and then
click Publish.
A notification is displayed for successful pushing of changes to the Git repository.Note:
The edit branch automatically disappears from the Branch list as well as from the remote Git repository and sets the global branch to the previously selected branch. After the edit branch disappears, the Branch field is set to the previously selected branch name.