MATLAB: Aren’t there any options for Custom Revision Control systems in MATLAB 6.5 (R13)

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Why aren't there any options for Custom Revision Control systems in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) ?

In the MATLAB Preferences, under General->Source Control there are no options listed for Revision Control Systems. There were multiple options in MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1).

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In MATLAB 6.5 (R13), only source control systems that comply with the Microsoft Common Source Control standard (also referred to as SCC) are supported. If there is a compliant source control system installed on your machine, it will be listed in the Source Control options in the MATLAB Preferences dialog.

There are several vendors who provide and interface into Revision Control Systems (RCS), Concurrent Versions System (CVS), and other such tools using Microsoft Source Code Control API. Microsoft Visual SourceSafe provides one such interface layer.

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MATLAB: What ways of file or source or version control are there for managing work on models in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow

MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow do not perform source control functions, but only provide an interface to your own source control system. This means, for example, that you can open a file in the MATLAB Editor and modify it without checking it out. However, the file will remain read-only so that you cannot accidentally overwrite the source control version of the file.

The Source Control Interface in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) works with any source control system that conforms to the Microsoft Common Source Control standard.

MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1) and earlier versions support the following four popular source control systems as well as a custom option:

·ClearCase from Rational Software

·PVCS from Merant

·RCS

·Visual SourceSafe from Microsoft

·Custom option - Allows you to build your own interface if you use a different source control system

For more information, please see the Source Control part in the MATLAB documentation by typing the following command at the MATLAB prompt:

web([docroot '/techdoc/matlab_env/source_c.html'])

MATLAB: Is the properties field of the Model Info block Configuration manager inactive when using Jalindi Igloo plugin as the source control system

The "Configuration manager properties" feature of the "Model Info" block on Windows, works independently of the selected source control tool.

The Model Info block understands the revision control tags for a very small number of revision control tools, and unfortunately, Concurrent Version System (CVS) is not one of those tools. However, the Model Info block understands Revision Control System (RCS) tags, and since CVS tags are largely the same as RCS tags, you can obtain information from CVS tags into the Model Info block with the following workaround.

Open your Simulink model and execute the following command at MATLAB prompt:

set_param(bdroot, 'ConfigurationManager ','RCS')

You should now be able to insert the configuration manager tags into the Model Info block. You will need to do this for each model separately.

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