Preface

This book is your guide to some of the major concepts of the AccuRev® software configuration management system.

Audience

This document is intended for both end users and administrators, and goes into more depth than related discussions in the On-line Help and the Administrator’s Guide. See the AccuRev™ Installation and Release Notes for installation procedures.

Using This Book

This book assumes you are familiar with your operating system and its commands, as well as with AccuRev, AccuWork, and [...].

The remaining chapters in this book provide an overview of Accu[...] and tell you how to [...]:

Chapter	Description
The AccuRev Data Repository	Provides a quick overview of the AccuRev repository and related topics such as depots, versions, and replicas. Complements Chapter 1 of the Administrator’s Guide.
What is a Software Configuration?	Describes in basic terms how AccuRev fulfills its role as a Software Configuration Management (SCM) system.
AccuRev’s Stream Hierarchy	Explains how AccuRev uses streams to provide easy-to-use, powerful management of changes to your software configurations.
AccuRev Workspaces and Reference Trees	Describes the special types of streams where developers do most of their work.
AccuRev Transactions	Describes the mechanism that AccuRev uses to keep track of changes to a depot.
AccuRev Glossary	Provides definitions for the terms you will encounter in the AccuRev environment.

Typographical Conventions

This book uses the following typographical conventions:

Convention	Description
blue sanserif	Used for sample code or output.
red monospace	Used for examples.
bold	Used for command names, and button names in the AccuSync Web user interface
light italic	Used for emphasis, book titles, and for first use of important terms
blue italic	Identifies a hyperlink (to a page or Web URL, for example)

Contacting Technical Support

Micro Focus offers a variety of options to meet your technical support needs as summarized in the following table.

For	Visit
Information about technical support services	http://supportline.microfocus.com/
Information about platforms support	http://supportline.microfocus.com/prodavail.aspx
Product downloads and installations	http://supportline.microfocus.com/websync/productupdatessearch.aspx
Product documentation	http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx
SupportLine phone numbers, listed by country	http://www.microfocus.com/about/contact/support/assistance.aspx

When you contact Micro Focus technical support, please include the following information:

•	The version of AccuRev and any other AccuRev products you are using (AccuSync or GitCentric, for example).

•	Your operating system.

•	The version of relevant third-party software (if you are using AccuSync, for example, the version of your ITS).

•	A brief description of the problem you are experiencing. Be sure to include which AccuRev interface you were using (Web user interface, Java GUI, or CLI), any error messages you received, what you were doing when the error occurred, whether the problem is reproducible, and so on.

•	A description of any attempts you have made to resolve the issue.

•	A simple assessment of how the issue affects your organization.