The New Stream and Change Stream Commands

(Stream Configuration dialog)

The New Stream and Change Stream commands open a dialog in which you specify/revise the configuration of a new/existing stream.

Invoking the Command

In the Stream Browser, right-click a stream to select it and display its context menu. Then,

Using the New Stream / Change Stream Dialog

Enter or revise the following specifications, then click Ok.

Name

No two streams in the same AccuRev repository can have the same name, even if they are in different depots. See User-Specified Names for AccuRev Entities.

Basis

The parent stream (backing stream, basis stream) The stream that is just above a given workspace or stream in a depot's stream hierarchy. The given workspace/stream inherits versions from the parent stream. of the stream you are reconfiguring. Changing this entry reparents The operation that changes the parent stream of a particular workspace or stream. the stream when you click Ok.

In a New Stream dialog, this field is not editable, because you selected the parent stream when you invoked the command.

Stream Type

The type of the stream:

In a Change Stream dialog, this field is not editable. You cannot change the type of an existing stream.

Date & Time

By default, a stream inherits the versions currently in its parent stream . If you assign a basis time A date-timestamp setting for a stream, affecting which versions the stream inherits from its parent stream: for each element, the version inherited is the one that was in the parent stream at the basis time. See snapshot. to a stream, it inherits the versions that were in the parent stream at a specified point in time.

None

(disabled for New Snapshot or if you select Snapshot as the stream type) No basis time; in the future, the stream will inherit the versions currently in its parent stream .

Now

The stream or snapshot will contain the versions that were in its parent stream at the time you clicked Ok in this dialog.

As of transaction #

Enter an integer transaction number. The stream or snapshot will contain the versions that were in its parent stream at the time the specified transaction was created.

Specified

Enter a specific time. The stream or snapshot will contain the versions that were in its parent stream at the specified time.

You can fill in the individual subfields manually, or use the Select Date button to display choices ("2 days ago", etc.) that fill in the subfields automatically. Once these subfields are filled in, you can revise them individually or by clicking the Select Date button again.

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