Refactoring-aware Software Configuration Management

Dig, Danny; Nguyen, Tien N.; Johnson, Ralph

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Refactoring-aware Software Configuration Management

Author(s)

• Dig, Danny
• Nguyen, Tien N.
• Johnson, Ralph

Issue Date

2006-04

Keyword(s)

• refactoring tools
• computer science

Abstract

Refactoring tools allow programmers to change source code much quicker than before. However, the complexity of these changes cause versioning tools that operate at a file level to lose the history of components. This problem can be solved by semantic, operation-based SCM with persistent IDs. We propose that versioning tools be aware of the pro- gram entities and the refactoring operations. MolhadoRef, our prototype, uses these techniques to ensure that it never loses history.

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