Service manager source code control system

A system for controlling the user interfaces of a workflow manager to manage access to configuration and development files within the workflow manager, comprising:

• a user interface configured to display information to a user and to receive input from the user;
• a records file comprising a storage component, wherein the records file comprises entries for a plurality of configuration files and development files, wherein the entries comprise information about whether the corresponding file is checked out, the identity of an editing user to which the file is checked out when the file is checked out, and a history of changes made to the file;
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• a display controller of the workflow manager comprising a processor, wherein the display controller is configured to:
• provide an editor user interface allowing editing of one of the configuration files and the development files when, after consulting the records file, it is determined that the one of the configuration files and the development files is checked out by a requesting user, wherein the one of the configuration files or development files is available to be checked out to only one user at a time, and wherein the one of configuration files and the development files is not lockable by the workflow manager to inhibit access to the one of the configuration files and the development files by more than one user at a time, and
• provide a different user interface to prevent the user from editing the one of the configuration files and the development files when, after consulting the records file, the one of the configuration files and the development files is checked out by another user other than the requesting user, wherein the different user interface presents a display allowing read only mode for the one of the configuration files and development files.

A method for managing configuration files and development files in a workflow manager, comprising:

• providing a user with a default user interface different from an editor user interface to access the configuration files and the development files, wherein access to the configuration files and the development files via the default user interface is limited to read only;
• receiving a request from the user to checkout one of the configuration files and the development files, wherein the one of the configuration files and the development files is available to be checked out to only one user at a time, and wherein the one of the configuration files and the development files is not lockable by the workflow manager to inhibit access to the one of the configuration files and the development files by more than one user at a time;
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• in response to determining that the one of the configuration files and the development files is not checked out to another user, providing the user with the editor user interface allowing the user to open the one of the configuration files and the development files in write mode, wherein access to edit the one of the configuration files and the development files is available only from within the workflow manager itself through the editor user interface.