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Asked: 2026-06-18T05:40:39+00:00

I grabbed a file and did: rm -f theFile.C && ct update . to

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I grabbed a file and did: rm -f theFile.C && ct update . to watch it get reloaded. Then I went to a different snapshot view of main and ran ct update . and the files differ. I am very perplexed about this given after doing that I would expect them to be the same!

The EDCS for my “main snapshot” is:

element * CHECKEDOUT
element * /main/LATEST
load /ntrepo

and my EDCS for my branch is:

element * CHECKEDOUT
element * /main/branch_name/LATEST
element * /main/LATEST -mkbranch branch_name
element * /main/LATEST
load /ntrepo
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  1. Editorial Team

    In an snapshot view, when the file doesn’t match the expected version, the first thing to check is:

    cleartool ls /path/to/parent/directory

    And see what cleartool returns for that file.

    For instance:

    • it could be hijacked, which means a ct update . wouldn’t overwrite the locally modified file.
    • it could have a different version on branch_name, since that selection rules comes before /main/LATEST.
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