International Business Machines Corporation
DEFECT RESOLUTION IN A SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Abstract:

A method addresses a defect in software. The method periodically captures snapshots of versions of code for a particular software program as one or more functionalities are added to the particular software program. The method determines that a current version of the particular software program has a defect, and then iteratively tests previous versions of that particular software program until a most-recent non-defective version of the particular software program is detected. A software developer is directed to either debug the current version of the particular software program, or else re-create the current version of the particular software program from the most-recent non-defective version of the particular software program, depending on which approach is faster.