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For a given file, say I branched off from /main/2 and do my development in that branch newBranch. cleartool diff -pred would compare my loaded version (/main/newBranch/LATEST) to /main/2. Which clearcase command would I pass either the file name or /main/newBranch and would return /main/2?

I'm just trying to find which version -pred selects, but I can't find out how anywhere!

FOLLOW UP: Say I checked the file in and now I'm in version /main/newBranch/3. How can I still compare it to where it was branched off from (/main/2)?

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Which ClearCase command would I pass either the file name or /main/newBranch and would return /main/2?

You can try using cleartool lsvtree, which will list all versions of a file.

cleartool lsvtree myFile | grep main | head 1

As noted, cleartool describe is easier.

How can I still compare it to where it was branched off from (/main/2)?

You can use the /main/newBranch/0, 0 being the placeholder version created for each new branch, here identical to /main/2, using cleartool diff:

cleartool diff -pred yourFile yourFile@@/main/newBranch/0
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For my purposes, cleartool describe -short -pred <version0-of-child-branch> did the trick. For my example, this would be cleartool describe -short -pred /main/newBranch/0.

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