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Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.
Other reference topics
Request mastership
If an HCL VersionVault Check Out or Check In operation would fail because a VersionVault branch was mastered remotely in HCL VersionVault MultiSite, use this option to request branch mastership.

Developing
Learn how to develop software with HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault Remote Client.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault
  HCL VersionVault provides a flexible set of tools that your organization uses to implement its development and change management policies.
- Developing software with HCL VersionVault Explorer
  HCL VersionVault provides two clients for software developers: local and remote. Each client supports different mechanisms for accessing source-controlled filesystem objects. Both clients provide graphical and command-line interfaces.
  - Team software development with VersionVault
    HCL VersionVault provides configuration management services that make it easy for development teams to work with resources in a shared repository. With the HCL VersionVault Explorer, developers can access HCL VersionVault from a variety of network connections, including broadband (WAN) and traditional local area networks (LANs).
  - Working in the team environment with HCL VersionVault
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer supports a variety of team development tasks.
  - Team support for the HCL VersionVault Explorer interface
    The HCL VersionVault Explorer provides graphical user interfaces to VersionVault tools.
    - The VersionVault Explorer perspective
      All HCL VersionVault Explorer functionality is available from the VersionVault Explorer perspective.
    - VersionVault view creation wizards
      Use the HCL VersionVault view creation wizards to create a VersionVault view.
    - VersionVault Change Set view
      The VersionVault Change Set view displays change set information for HCL VersionVault activities.
    - VersionVault Checkouts view
      The VersionVault Checkouts view displays all checkouts in the currently selected view or folder.
    - VersionVault Merge Manager
      The HCL VersionVault Merge Manager is a wizard that manages the process of merging, for one or more elements, a version in a VOB to the version selected by a local VersionVault view. It automates the processes of finding the versions that require a merge, starting a merge, and tracking the progress of a merge. It allows you to suspend and resume merges as needed.
    - VersionVault View Configuration view
      Use the VersionVault View Configuration view to edit the version selection rules and load rules for a view.
    - Create policy view
      Use this VersionVault Explorer view to create a new policy.
    - Edit policy view
      Use this VersionVault Explorer view to modify an existing policy.
    - Create rolemap view
      Use this window to create a new rolemap.
    - Edit rolemap view
      Use this window to edit an existing rolemap.
    - Apply Label wizard
      Use the Apply Label wizard to apply a label to one or more VersionVault resources at the same time.
    - VersionVault Dialog Boxes
      The HCL VersionVault Explorer uses dialog boxes to provide access to VersionVault operations.
    - VersionVault properties view
      The HCL VersionVault properties view displays properties of elements, versions, VOBs, and VersionVault views. Some properties of elements, versions, and VOBs can be modified by a user with adequate privileges.
    - Pending Changes view
      The Pending Changes view enables you to preview and accept all changes to your view, to resolve conflicts, and to synchronize changes in both the Base VersionVault and UCM environments.
    - Compare/Merge view
      The Compare/Merge view displays contributor and/or output files for either compare operations or merge operations, depending on the context in which the view was accessed.
    - Other reference topics
      - Grantable permissions
        Each metatype has a specific set of operation-based individual permissions, specific to each metatype.
      - Changing permission on an object
        There are several ways to change the effective permissions on a controlled object:
      - VersionVault label decorations and resource states
        Label decorations indicate the state of a resource in an HCL VersionVault view.
      - Other reference topics
      - VersionVault Version Tree shortcut keys
        You can use the keyboard to navigate and perform HCL VersionVault operations on version nodes in the VersionVault Version Tree view.
      - Copy Area Locked prompt
        The Copy Area Locked prompt appears when HCL VersionVault encounters a copyarea.lck file in a web view after a user has attempted a rebase or deliver operation has been left in an incomplete state.
      - Request mastership
        If an HCL VersionVault Check Out or Check In operation would fail because a VersionVault branch was mastered remotely in HCL VersionVault MultiSite, use this option to request branch mastership.

Request mastership

If an HCL VersionVault Check Out or Check In operation would fail because a VersionVault branch was mastered remotely in HCL VersionVault MultiSite, use this option to request branch mastership.

Before you begin

You must be connected to an HCL VersionVault server to request branch mastership.

Procedure

To request branch mastership from the VersionVault Version Tree:

Right-click the VersionVault element and select Show Version Tree from the context menu.
In the VersionVault Version Tree, right-click the branch that is mastered remotely and select Request Mastership.

Results

The user receives notification that mastership has been requested and then, once the local replica has imported the packet, the user receives notice that mastership has been granted. Once mastership has been granted locally, the user should refresh the version tree before performing the check out or check in operation that required branch mastership.

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