Working with baselines

Baselines

A baseline is a collection of documents in a particular version. A baseline always refers to a particular branch. Baselines are immutable, i.e. elements displayed via baselines cannot be edited.

Creating baselines

To create a baseline in a workspace in the wiki navigator, click the workspace to open the context menu. Select “Create baseline”. To create a baseline, the user must select a branch. The baseline is created based on the selected branch. All documents that are in the HEAD of the current branch are members of the baseline. It is not possible to remove documents from a baseline or to select a document version other than the HEAD.

Viewing baselines

To display a particular baseline, select “Switch branch/baseline” from the context menu of the wiki navigator. The dialog above shows the procedure for switching. If the user does not select a baseline, the system switches the target workspace to the selected branch. If the user selects a branch, the baseline component is reloaded and displays all baselines that are created within the selected branch. If the user selects both branch and baseline, the system displays the documents from the baseline.

Deleting baselines

To delete a particular baseline, select the “Delete baseline” option from the context menu of the wiki navigator.

Editing baselines

To edit a baseline, select that baseline and click the “Edit baseline” button in the toolbar. In the dialog box that appears, you can edit the name and description of the baseline.

Comparing baselines

See “Comparing different branches and baselines”.