3. The Release Engineer Experience : Using a Basis Time to Block Inheritance

Using a Basis Time to Block Inheritance
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Right-click and select Change Stream from the context menu.
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Select a Basis Time of Now, then click Ok.
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Select the same file, then right-click and select Promote from the context menu.
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Tip: The Outgoing Changes mode () displays all files that have been promoted from a child stream or workspace.
Note the version of the file in the stream (example: acme/3).
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The version of the file in the integration stream is not the same as the version in the base stream. The basis time prevents automatic inheritance from the base stream.
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Click the Update button () on the toolbar. Then click View Full Log.
No new file versions are loaded into the workspace.
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Right-click then select Change Stream from the context menu.
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Select a Basis Time of None (cancelling the basis time setting), then click Ok.
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The version of the file in the integration stream (example: acme/8) is the same as the version in the base stream. As soon as the basis time is removed from the integration stream, it inherits the new file version from the base stream.
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Double-click the workspace below the integration stream, then click the Update button () on the toolbar. Then click View Full Log.
The new file version is loaded into the workspace.

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