{"id":3256,"date":"2015-11-23T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T12:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2015-11-24T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:00:10","slug":"are-you-tired-of-working-with-a-version-tree-that-looks-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/are-you-tired-of-working-with-a-version-tree-that-looks-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you tired of working with a Version Tree that looks like this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2015\/11\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"240\" height=\"182\" style=\"margin:6px 20px 10px 0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are now shipping a new utility called the \u201cGet Real Version\u201d, which is a spin-off of our popular <i>Visual Annotate<\/i>. It simply receives a filename and a line number (as parameters) and efficiently retrieves useful information, such as where this line was <b>REALLY<\/b> changed (for the first time); by whom; when, etc.<br \/>\nThis tool implements a clever algorithm we have created, which tracks the<b>ClearCase <\/b><b>Version<\/b> <b>Tree<\/b> and determines the most efficient way to get this real version.<\/p>\n<p>This helps you to better understand your code, especially a legacy code that may have been made years ago. You can easily compare the current version with the real version and get the correlation to other part in code. This helps you to resolve bugs and maintain code much more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2015\/11\/cmd.png\" alt=\"cmd\" width=\"693\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cmd.png 693w, https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cmd-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently available in Windows command-line only, however soon it will be part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/annotate.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full Visual Annotate<\/a> and our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/annotate-extension-visual-studio.php\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Annotate extension for Visual Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,102);padding:8px 10px;text-align:center\">The beta release is now available and it\u2019s free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/download.php?did=57&amp;signin&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">Download now<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Note: We can integrate this tool with ClearQuest and any other bug-tracking tool such as JIRA, RTC, Quality Center and more. 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