Configuration management life rename utility

• US 20040260693A1
• Filed: 06/19/2003
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Yen-Fu, Oakes, Steven Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 7,251,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A system and method that allows any user to perform a file name match in any Configuration Management (CM) environment. Given any source control tool, the present invention allows a user to access and retrieve previous names used of any file (or batch of files) for any specified version or all versions of a particular file or files.

Claims

1. A method of managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising the steps of:

extracting a first file from a source control tool;

matching the first file to a second file, wherein the second file is a previous version of the first file having a different name.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

altering a path to the first file to be the same as a path to the second file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of altering the path to the first file is done locally.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of altering the path to the first file is performed automatically to compare the first and second files.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of altering the path to the first file is automatically done by the source control tool upon identifying the first and second files.

6. A method of managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising the steps of:

identifying a first file;

comparing the first file to a list of files including files that have been renamed;

matching the first file to a second file from the list of files, wherein the first file is a renamed version of the second file.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the list of files is from a repository of the configuration management environment.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the list of files is maintained outside the configuration management environment.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

altering a path to the first file so the path to the first file matches the path to the second file.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the path to the first file is altered manually.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the path to the first file is altered by a source line of code counter program.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the list of files is a repository of the configuration management environment.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

selecting a path the first file should be renamed to when extracted from a source control tool.

14. A system for managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising:

a first file having a first full path;

a second file having a second full path, wherein the second file is a previous version of the first file with a different name;

a source control tool having a repository;

wherein the first and second files are extracted from the repository; and

wherein the first full path is renamed to the second full path such that a source control tool can compare the first and second files as different versions of the same file.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first full path is renamed manually.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the first full path is renamed automatically by the source control tool.

17. A computer program product for managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising:

first instructions for identifying a first file;

second instructions for comparing the first file to a list of files including files that have been renamed;

third instructions for matching the first file to a second file from the list of files, wherein the first file is a renamed version of the second file.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the list of files is from a repository of the configuration management environment.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the list of files is maintained outside the configuration management environment.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

fourth instructions for altering a path to the first file so the path to the first file matches the path to the second file.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the path to the first file is altered manually.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the path to the first file is altered by a source line of code counter program.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the list of files is a repository of the configuration management environment.

24. The system of claim 17, further comprising the step of:

selecting a path the first file should be renamed to when extracted from a source control tool.

25. A system for managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising:

means for identifying a first file;

means for comparing the first file to a list of files including files that have been renamed;

means for matching the first file to a second file from the list of files, wherein the first file is a renamed version of the second file.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the list of files is from a repository of the configuration management environment.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the list of files is maintained outside the configuration management environment.

28. The system of claim 25, further comprising:

fourth instructions for altering a path to the first file so the path to the first file matches the path to the second file.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the path to the first file is altered manually.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the path to the first file is altered by a source line of code counter program.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the list of files is a repository of the configuration management environment.

32. The system of claim 25, further comprising the step of:

selecting a path the first file should be renamed to when extracted from a source control tool.

33. A system for managing renamed files in a configuration management environment, comprising:

a source control tool having a user interface;

a repository of files;

wherein the user interface includes an option that executes on files of the repository that have been extracted from the source control tool and matches files that have been renamed.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the path of at least a first file is altered to match that of a second file;

and wherein the path of the first file is altered manually by a user through the interface.