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Method and apparatus for re-introducing version control

  • US 6,349,407 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/1995
  • Issued: 02/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of maintaining version control for an initial version S1 of software stored in a memory, where the initial version has been modified to yield a modified initial version S2 of the software that is also stored in the memory, the method comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of:

  • creating, in the memory, a source tree containing the initial version S1 and the modified initial version S2 of the software;

    receiving a new version S3 of the software;

    determining a difference between the new version S3 and the initial version S1;

    integrating the difference between the new version and the initial version (S3

    S1) into a copy of the initial version S1

    to yield an integrated copy; and

    incorporating the integrated copy into a copy of the modified initial version S2 to yield a modified new version S4, while still retaining the initial version S1 and its modified initial version S2.

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