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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2008
Lucy A. Raw, Hants, GB;
Lucy A. Raw, Hants, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for adding comments to deleted code includes maintaining a first version of a file in a code repository, providing the first version of a file available to a first user, receiving a second version of the file, the second version being an updated version of the first version of a file, the second version of the file including at least one segment of deleted code and at least one comment regarding the at least one segment of deleted code, simultaneously maintaining the second version of the file and the first version of the file in the code repository, providing the second version of the file to a second user, providing a comparison tool for comparing the first version of the file to the second version of the file, and receiving a modification approval indication including an approval of deletion of the at least one deleted segment.