Patent ID: 9311079
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of software configuration management, the method comprising: removing a selected section from a first artifact in a first stream, wherein the first artifact comprises a plurality of sections; creating a second artifact including the selected section and not including at least one other section of the plurality of sections in the first stream; using a processor, generating an annotation specifying the first artifact, a range within the first artifact corresponding to the selected section, and the second artifact into which the selected section is moved; applying a change made in the first artifact located in a second stream to the second artifact in the first stream; determining a change between a first version of the first artifact and a second version of the first artifact in the second stream; detecting the annotation associated with the first artifact; and determining whether the change between the first version of the first artifact and the second version of the first artifact in the second stream is within the range specified in the annotation associated with the first artifact.