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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Albert A. Delucca, Wantagh, NY (US);
Lisa Seacat Deluca, San Francisco, CA (US);
Soobaek Jang, Hamden, CT (US);
Troy Michael Volin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Albert A. DeLucca, Wantagh, NY (US);
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, CA (US);
Soobaek Jang, Hamden, CT (US);
Troy Michael Volin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for source control in a program, wherein the program includes hierarchical files for execution of processes, wherein the hierarchical files include parent files and child files. A revised process selected by a user on a graphical user interface is identified; and, files in the revised process are identified. The files in the revised process are locked with a source control processor. This includes disallowing revisions to the files in the revised process. One or more files that are descendents of a file in the revised process are identified. The one or more files that are descendents of a file in the revised process are locked with the source control processor. This includes disallowing revisions to the one or more files that are descendents of a file in the revised process.