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Finding original change sets
Last updated at 3:57 pm UTC on 14 January 2006
Question Michael Roberts January 27, 2004: Is it possible to view the original change set for VersionsBrowser>>findOriginalChangeSet? If you pull up a versions browser on this method and invoke the menu option to find the changes, my (3.7a) system can't find them. What does 'This version was not found in any changeset nor in the .sources file' mean? Is this normal?

As another example, if you look in changeset 5169commentFixFix-sw and the versions for ClassDescription>>putClassCommentToCondensedChangesFile: It also says that it can't find the original change set. Is this to be expected - I bring up a versions browser from the change set viewer?

I'm trying to work out when I should expect this findOriginalChangeSet method to return something. I get various hits in the sources file for certain objects, but not, for example, Lexicon>>navigateToNextMethod.

I was thinking that this later method dated 12/14/2000 would be found in the sources file?

Answer Michael Roberts: I've just answered my own question for the Lexicon selector as by looking at its CompiledMethod, I can find that the source for this is in the changes file. I therefore assume from the comment that the change set for this has been deleted.

Am I right in thinking, then, that this method is trying to find the original change set file that contained the changes? If it is then that would I think answer my question.

If I put a self halt in Lexicon>>navigateToNextMethod, that change appears in my current change set 'New Changes'. If I then revert to the original method, and then remove my method from the changeset (all using the history browser menu), The history still shows my method, even though it now can't be found? Even if I pull up a new history browser, I can't seem get rid of my history?

Answer Doug Way: Yep, it's trying to find the original changeset that contained that change (that version of that method).

It's not too uncommon to get the 'This version was not found in any changeset nor in the .sources file' response. For example, if you're using 3.7alpha, the changesets in the change sorter only go back to 3.5 or so. So, if this version of the method was in a changeset from 3.1/3.2/3.3/3.4, it won't be able to find the changeset. If it's prior to 3.0, it will be in the .sources file.

But if you really want to find out what changeset that method is from, you can download the "jumbo changes" image from the ftp site, which has changesets going all the way back to 3.0! See ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/testing This image is still at 3.6alpha, though... needs to be updated to 3.7alpha.

Answer Scott Wallace: