Hi David,
CA Harvest does make use of meta data for baselining. My guess is that you probably want to take a look at how they do packaging. Feel free to reach out to me directly with additional questions.
https://docops.ca.com/ca-harvest-scm/13-0/en/using/compare-and-merge-ver...
Bob Aiello, Technical Edito
http://www.linkedin.com/in/BobAiello