REVISION MANAGEMENT

• US 20160179800A1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pirie, Geoffrey S., Ellis, Richard R., Leming, Matthew W.
• Application Number:
  US14/867,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1873 Versioning file systems, temporal file systems, e.g. file system supporting different historic versions of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for revision management of files includes receiving a first file including a first revision, wherein the first revision differentiates the first file from a second file. A first change-identifier is assigned to the first revision. The first change-identifier assigned to the first revision is negated, and it is determined whether the negated first change-identifier matches a second change-identifier assigned to a second revision of the second file. Responsive to determining the negated first change-identifier matches the second change-identifier, a notification is sent, wherein the notification includes the first revision of the first file and the second revision of the second file.

Claims

1. A method for revision management of files, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a first file including a first revision, wherein the first revision differentiates the first file from a second file;

assigning, by one or more processors, a first change-identifier to the first revision;

negating, by one or more processors, the first change-identifier assigned to the first revision;

determining, by one or more processors, whether the negated first change-identifier matches a second change-identifier assigned to a second revision of the second file; and

responsive to determining the negated first change-identifier matches the second change-identifier, sending, by one or more processors, a notification, wherein the notification includes the first revision of the first file and the second revision of the second file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, a first hash code for the first revision, wherein the first hash code is based at least on a hash function; and

determining, by one or more processors, the first hash code is the first change-identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, the second file is a previous version of the first file; and

identifying, by one or more processors, a user associated with the second file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein negating the first change-identifier assigned to the first revision comprises:

assigning, by one or more processors, a first operational symbol to the first change-identifier; and

inverting, by one or more processors, the first operational symbol, wherein inverting the first operational symbol represents a negation of the first revision.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a notification, wherein the notification includes the first revision of the first file and the second revision of the second file, further comprises:

identifying, by one or more processors, the first revision of the first file is associated with a defect; and

sending, by one or more processors, a notification to display the first revision of the first file associated with the defect.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a notification, wherein the notification includes the first revision of the first file and the second revision of the second file, further comprises:

identifying, by one or more processors, an electronic device, wherein a first file including a first revision is received from the electronic device; and

sending, by one or more processors, the notification to the electronic device.