scm clearcase plugin: why URL is needed

[sarmahdi <sa...@hotmail.com>]

Hello All,

After trying to figure out the scm:clearcase: URL structure and getting a
successful message on both scm:validate and scm:update I went and did a
verbose on mvn.bat to see the details:

>* mvn.bat scm:update -X > c:/myscm.log*

even though it was successful i have this issue: There is no link with the
URL in the clearcase scm plugin. 

I dont know why i went through with the effort to actually make my URL work.
(and I dont even know if my URL is right) because the plugin never uses the
URL in the first place. it just executes a clear tool command which i can
execute as well through a batch file.

this is the log section where the update command is executed

[DEBUG] Configuring mojo
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.6:update from plugin realm
ClassRealm[plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.6, parent:
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@f4a24a]
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.6:update' with basic
configurator -->
[DEBUG]   (f) basedir =
D:\cc_views\Username_Local_finApp_Dev\Comps_Local_finApp_vob\finAppWeb
[DEBUG]   (f) connectionType = connection
[DEBUG]   (s) connectionUrl =
scm:clearcase|\\remotehost\ccstg_d\views\CompanyName\Username|load
/Comps_Local_finApp_vob|/Comps_Local_finApp_vob|Local_finApp_Dev
[DEBUG]   (f) developerConnectionUrl =
scm:clearcase|\\remotehost\ccstg_d\views\CompanyName\Username|load
/Comps_Local_finApp_vob|/Comps_Local_finApp_vob|Local_finApp_Dev
[DEBUG]   (s) excludes = target
[DEBUG]   (f) password = mypassword
[DEBUG]   (f) project = MavenProject: com.somcom:finAppWeb:1.0 @
D:\cc_views\Username_Local_finApp_Dev\Comps_Local_finApp_vob\finAppWeb\pom.xml
[DEBUG]   (f) pushChanges = true
[DEBUG]   (f) revisionKey = scm.revision
[DEBUG]   (f) runChangelog = false
[DEBUG]   (f) settings = org.apache.maven.execution.SettingsAdapter@537935
[DEBUG]   (f) username = Username
[DEBUG] -- end configuration --
[INFO] viewName = '//remotehost/ccstg_d/views/CompanyName/Username' ;
configSpec = 'load /Comps_Local_finApp_vob' ; vobName =
'/Comps_Local_finApp_vob' ; streamName = 'Local_finApp_Dev' ; elementName =
'null'
[DEBUG] executing update command...
/*[DEBUG] Executing:
D:\cc_views\Username_Local_finApp_Dev\Comps_Local_finApp_vob\finAppWeb>>cmd.exe
/X /C "cleartool update -f"*/
[DEBUG] Processing dir "Comps_Local_finApp_vob".
[DEBUG] Processing dir "Comps_Local_finApp_vob\lost+found".
[DEBUG] End dir "Comps_Local_finApp_vob\lost+found".
[DEBUG] .
[DEBUG] Processing dir "Comps_Local_finApp_vob\config".
[DEBUG] .........
[DEBUG] End dir "Comps_Local_finApp_vob\config".
[DEBUG] .

and So On>....

I dont mean any disrespect to the ppl who atcually came up with the scm
plugin add on for clearcase, but my question is this: 
The URL can be anything even just characters as long as they have a format
for an scm URL. but besides that the clearcase add on ony executes a clear
tool command in the views directory. so why the URL or even the plugin, its
a simple command. 


What I was expecting was this: using the clear case plugin, my maven will
connect to the stream/vob in the server and update the view. What it did was
execute a command for which the URl was not necessary at all. I dont think
the password and user name is needed either. (i think the
cleacase-settings.xml is also not used here in this case.)

Is this the normal way of usage of the plugin or am i doing something wrong.
I will appreciate if any one can clear my confusion here.

Thanks ,

Syed...

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Re: scm clearcase plugin: why URL is needed

[Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>]

> What I was expecting was this: using the clear case plugin, my maven will
> connect to the stream/vob in the server and update the view. What it did was
> execute a command for which the URl was not necessary at all. I dont think

Perhaps there is an expectation that, while the plugin today calls out
to an external tool for processing, in the future it might use a 100%
Java solution like is being done for svn etc and the URL will be
needed at that time?

> Is this the normal way of usage of the plugin or am i doing something wrong.
> I will appreciate if any one can clear my confusion here.

I don't use Clearcase (thankfully?) and so I have no idea if this is
normal or not.

If you are inclined to "fix" things so that what Maven in this case
does matches your expectations better, feel free to scratch your own
itch for the benefit of yourself and the entire Clearcase + Maven
community. I think the best long-term fix would be to leverage any
existing 100% Java libraries that interface to Clearcase and write a
"proper" Maven SCM plugin for CC.

Wayne

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