Using a different baseline

Developers who want full control over the way projects are updated can create a project grouping with a Custom Development purpose. They can manually choose a baseline and a list of tasks to be used for all custom projects for a particular release.

For example, if developers must configure projects to be exactly like the last baseline, but with four additional tasks, they can create a project with a Custom Development purpose, set the project grouping baseline to match the last release, and add the four tasks. (This process is useful for a small team developing a patch without the initial support of a build manager.)

Procedure

  1. Change a project to have a custom purpose.
    1. Right-click over a project and select Properties.

      To find a project, see Finding an object.

    2. In the Properties dialog box, change the purpose to Custom Development.
    3. Click Apply to save changes.
  2. Right-click over the appropriate project grouping and select Properties.
  3. In the Properties dialog box, click the Baseline Projects tab to view the current baseline.
  4. Select a different baseline for the project grouping.
    1. Click the Select Baseline button.

      The Select Baseline dialog box appears. By default, baselines display in the results field based on the project grouping release, for example, toolkit/2.0.

    2. Choose the baseline and click OK.

What to do next

Add tasks to the project grouping.

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