Before branching, you need a project to branch into. For the purpose of this lesson, create a new project in the Branch Lessons folder as shown: right-click in an empty space of the list view on the right side of the database explorer, choose New > Project... Enter a name for the new project, e.g. "2-5 Branch [username]", and press OK. |
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The new project will appear in the Branch Lessons folder. Now start the "Branch Modules" script as shown in Lesson 1. |
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Select the target project to branch the module into by pressing the Browse button. |
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Choose the new project in the Branch Lessons folder that you created and press the OK button. |
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You see that the project appears in the text field. Choose the module baseline to branch by pressing the Select Modules button. |
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Using the Tag List Editor that appears, navigate to Module X in the project for this lesson. Double-click the "1.1" baseline. After you’ve chosen the baseline, press the Use selected Modules button. |
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You see that the module baseline now appear in the module list. Press the Start Branch Copy button to start the branch process. |
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After you press the Start Branch Copy button the branch process will begin. A small dialog box will appear announcing the various stages of the branching process and showing the total advancement with a progress bar. When the branching is complete, an information box will appear. Press the OK button. |
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The focus returns to the Branch Copy GUI. We are finished with it, so press the Close button. |
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You can see that Module X has been copied to the project you created. Also, notice that no link module has been copied. Also, notice that the link module, Internal Linker, has been copied too, even though you did not explicitly choose it in the Tag List Editor. The branched link module was created because in the original project there existed a link module storing links from the branched module. |
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To see that the links from the branched Module X to the external Module Y are stored in the original External Linker, open the branched Module X and right-click on an object with an out-link, and choose Properties... |
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A dialog box will appear. In the Links tab you see that an out link exists to the external Module Y and goes through the branched link module. |
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We can also see the result by opening the branched link module. |
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Choose the one link set to see the links. |
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The link set shows the links from the branched module to the external module. |
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