Patent ID: 7552421
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for adding comments to deleted code, the computer program product comprising: a computer useable storage medium having computer useable program code stored thereon tangibly embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising: computer useable program code configured to maintaining a first version of a file in a code repository; computer useable program code configured to provide the first version of a file available to a first user; computer useable program code configured to receive a second version of the file, the second version being an updated version of the first version of a file, the second version of the file including at least one segment of deleted code and at least one comment regarding the at least one segment of deleted code; computer useable program code configured to receive a comment viewing limitation counter embedded with the at least one comment; computer useable program code configured to simultaneously maintain the second version of the file and the first version of the file in the code repository; computer useable program code configured to provide the second version of the file to a second user; computer useable program code configured to provide a comparison tool for comparing the first version of the file to the second version of the file, the comparison tool including a mechanism for viewing the at least one comment; computer useable program code configured to receive a modification approval indication, the modification approval indication including an approval of deletion of the at least one deleted segment; computer useable program code configured to provide a third version of the file to a third user subsequent to providing the second version of the file to the second user, the providing the third version of the file to the third user including removing the at least one comment from the second version of the file; upon creation of the third version of the file, computer useable program code configured to simultaneously maintain the third version of the file, the second version of the file, and the first version of the file in the code repository; computer useable program code configured to decrement the comment viewing limitation counter upon detection of an update of the file, the computer useable program code being further configured to decrement the comment viewing limitation counter until a minimum decrement value is reached; and computer useable program code configured to delete the at least one comment associated with the comment viewing limitation counter upon the comment viewing limitation counter reaching zero.