ClearCase: Working offline hijacking files, then checking out / merging

Question

I\'m looking at a scenario where I have an offline clear case view and I modify files in this view clearing the read-only attribute (hijacking) on the files I modify then se

Answer 1

What about setuping a private branch, working on it, hijacking there files and then merging your private branch on the main branch?

Answer 2

No you won't override anything while working offline.

ClearCase has a reconcliation mechanism for a snapshot view, which, when you get back online, will allow you to:

• search for all hijacked files
• checkout those files
• then checkin them, which is when ClearCase will prompt you for a merge, if any new version has been done on that file during your time offline.
  That merge will be a three-way merge with:
  • root version: the version before any modification by you or other
  • source version: the matest checkin version (done while you were offline)
  • destination version: your current file