Elements

Items under Rational® ClearCase® source control (version control) are generally referred to as elements. An element can be a design model, C++ source file, Visual Studio project, or a DLL. Elements are typically the objects on which you do work.

• About elements and views
  
• About the version tree
  
• About file types and element types
  
• About versions, elements, and VOBs
  
• About case-sensitivity
  
• About access mode
  
• About checking out elements
  
• About checking in elements
  
• Under the hood: What happens when you add to source control
  
• Before renaming elements
  
• Before moving and removing elements
  
• To add elements for a new development task (Windows)
  
• To add files and directories to an existing directory tree (Windows)
  
• About creating elements in replicated VOBs
  
• About element object and version references
  
• About accessing files