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Clone Repository

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Stephen McCafferty edited this page May 12, 2017 · 6 revisions

You can clone a shared-repository as a stand-alone repository. To do so:

  1. Select Repository settings from the menu. The Repository settings dialogue is displayed.
  2. Click on the Save As... button next to Clone as standalone.
    The Save as standalone repository dialogue is displayed.
  3. Enable the Keep identifiers option to retain the IDs of all requirements in the repository. Otherwise new IDs are generated when cloning the repository. For more details, see below.
  4. Click in the Repository file name field and enter a file name for the new stand-alone repository.
  5. Click on Save. The repository is saved to the selected file as a stand-alone repository and the Repository settings dialogue is displayed again.

Handling IDs in Cloned Repositories

The Keep identifiers option in the Save as standalone repository dialogue determines whether the IDs in the source repository are retained in the new stand-alone repository or if new IDs are assigned. The requirement IDs are used to synchronise the repository with external work item tracking systems (e.g. TFS and JIRA).

  • Check Keep identifiers to retain the IDs and thus the links to items in external work tracking systems. This allows you to publish the cloned repository to the same server and replace the existing repository while retaining all external links. Note that you can only publish the cloned repository to the same server after deleting the original one from the server. Clients need to download a new copy of the repository from the server after re-publishing it.

  • Leave Keep identifiers unchecked if you want to retain the existing repository in parallel on the same server. Existing links to external work item tracking systems are lost in the cloned repository. If you resynchronize the repository with your work item tracking system, new work items are created for all requirements in the repository.

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