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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Carl T. Anderson, Apex, NC (US);
Dario G. Flores Luis, Mexico City, MX;
Raquel Maldonado Cabrera, Zapopan, MX;
Agueda Martinez Hernandez Magro, Zapopan, MX;
Roberto Sanchez Herrera, Guadalajara, MX;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for a stateful development control system is provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of product rules that include evolution rules, sets, and states. A state aware software repository is initialized with source code files. The source code files receive a first state of '' or ''. In response to modifying one or more source code files, a second state is assigned to the modified one or more source code files. In response to assigning the second state, a determination is made whether to perform a merge of the one or more source code files and one or more of the source code files. The merge is one of a vertical merge and a horizontal merge.