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Asked: 2026-06-18T09:15:54+00:00

I am using base ClearCase and have a config spec question. Please consider these

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I am using base ClearCase and have a config spec question. Please consider these two rules (only one of which I would put in my config spec):

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element /cl5_sw_ste/DCT/*/... /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5

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element /cl5_sw_ste/DCT/... /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5

What is the difference between them?

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Dave

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  1. Editorial Team

    (From config spec man page)

    A selection rule is formed as scope / pattern / version-selector.
    The difference is in the pattern:

    element /cl5_sw_ste/DCT/*/... /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5

    Means the selection rule will apply to all directories under DCT.

    You could rewrite it as:

    element /cl5_sw_ste/DCT/* /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5

    (you don’t need the final /..., but in both case, DCT itself is not concerned by the version selector /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5: that is bad, since any element you add or remove directly under DCT would make a new version for DCT itself, and it won’t be in rel_drop5)

    element /cl5_sw_ste/DCT/... /main/0 -mkbranch rel_drop5

    Means the selection rules will apply to DCT and all the directories under DCT.
    That is usually what you see when working with branches.

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