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Key: IDEA-17114
Type: Usability Problem Usability Problem
Status: Resolved Resolved
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
Assignee: Irina Petrovskaya
Reporter: Dave Wallace
Votes: 0
Watchers: 0
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Cannot create a patch or shelve changes

Created: 12 Feb 08 13:31   Updated: 04 Sep 08 11:05
Component/s: Version Control Integration. ClearCase

Environment: Win XP, clearcase 7

Build: 7,648
Severity: High


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I am working with ClearCase in online mode and have several files in a number of conditions (new, checked out and hijacked)

For whatever reason the menu items for shelve changes and create patch are greyed out and unselectable from both the VCS menu and the change list window.

This is becoming annoying as I think this could be a great feature that will make our jobs a lot easier if we don't have to do this manually from outsdie the IDEA.



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Irina Petrovskaya - 17 Mar 08 16:52
are the menu actions really greyed, or you can invoke them, but get the empty Shelve dialog with no changes? For me, the Shelve/CreatePatch actions in main menu are always enabled if they are present; the actions in Changes view are disabled for multiple selected changelists and for unversioned files....
Please check whether the problem is still repeatable for you, and provide some details, if possible: the project configuration (vcs root mappings etc), the set version control options. If the problem occurs in some specific situations/projects only, please describe them. Thanks in advance for your help

Dave Wallace - 17 Mar 08 16:56
I cannot invoke them at all! The menu items are there but grayed out

However the create patch button is enabled on the Commit Changes Dialog and does seem to work.


Irina Petrovskaya - 17 Mar 08 17:07
thank you for the responce. The situation is really strange... Could you please perform the dummy test: create some new idea project and enable some different version control - for example, cvs - for it? You need not check something out from cvs into this project or perform any other actions; you don't need cvs on your computer at all. Check only whether the Shelve action on main menu is available or not in this project.
One more question: haven't you tried few different idea builds, or this 7648 only?

Dave Wallace - 17 Mar 08 17:37 - edited
Even using CVS on a project shows these items as unavailable.

I am now on build 7744

Edit:

Sorry, CVS seems to work ok after a restart! Both menu items are available.

It must be a ClearCase only issue


Irina Petrovskaya - 18 Mar 08 10:34
thanks. It looks like this is really the CC-specific problem, though CC plugin doesn't disable these actions itself... It would be nice to learn the details of your project configuration:
– you have 1 or few modules in project?
– project roots are in the same ClearCase view, or in different ones?
– what kind of roots are used - snapshot (i suppose), or dynamic? in UCM vobs or base ones? Some other specific?...
– how the VCS directories are configured? I.e., in the Project Settings/VersionControl you may have 1 or few VC directories configured:
1) single one with directory = project directory (default configuration); should be used if the project content root is versioned object, and all the project roots are nested in project content root
2) one/few directories with explicitely set paths corresponding to some versioned folders
3) some external roots - that are not project roots at all - can be also specified
4) are some non-default version control options set for the project?

thanks in advance for the help. The problem is that we have not got such reports from other users, and cannot recreate the problem ourselves too.
If you can send me the project files and the idea log file that illustrates the idea start with your project opening, this would be really helpful.


Irina Petrovskaya - 04 Sep 08 11:04
closed since no reply has been got yet; we cannot recreate the bug here