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Appendix C. TeamConnection Merge

The TeamConnection VisualMerge provides a way for you to merge two or three selected ®les together to make one single ®le. You can select options for viewing

differences and collisions, as well as view the composite output of the merged ®les. Both a command line (tcmerge) and a graphical user interface are provided. The ®gure

below describes the merge of three ®les into a single ®le. Items one through six represent the main stream of development for a particular part or ®le. Item 2 represents the base or common ®le from which two streams proceed. At the time of the merge, the most recent version in the two streams are items 4 and 2.3. In this scenario, the user selects the base or common ®le, item 2, as input 1. The user also uses item 4, the latest version in development, as input 2. The latest version in the branch is represented as item 2.3, or input 3. Item 5 represents the outcome of the merge. Once the merge is complete a window appears with the three original ®les and the ®nal merged ®le.

The following is the command line syntax for TeamConnection VisualMerge with the parameter abbreviations shown. The ®rst set of brackets encloses the abbreviation that

may be used; the remainder shows the full parameter name. For example, [-re[place]]indicates that -reis the abbreviation for the replace parameter.

tcmerge <file1directory1> <file2directory2> [<file3directory3>] [-ti[tles] <titlenames>] [-out <filedirectory>] [-prime[out] <filedirectory>] [-re[place]] [-ignoreco[lumns] <list of ranges to ignore>] [-ignoreb[lanks] <ltalt>] [-ignoreca[se]

[-ignoreu[nique] <filedirectory>] [-ignoreb[lanklines]] [-auto[merge]] [-nologo]

If you do not specify input parameters at the command prompt, a Merge Files GUI is presented to assist you in entering required and optional parameters. If only input and output ®les or directories are provided, the following command defaults will be in effect:

vThe output ®le or directory is not primed with one of the input ®les or directories.

vNo columns will be ignored in difference calculation.

vNo blanks will be ignored in difference calculation.

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