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Re: Locking functional spec comments

From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg_at_electricjellyfish.net>
Date: 2004-10-13 16:02:51 CEST

Julian Foad wrote:
> Garrett Rooney wrote:
>
>> Julian Foad wrote:
>>
>>> If a user wasn't going to lock the file before committing, and then
>>> we force them to lock it before committing, no benefit results from
>>> doing so. They try to lock it before committing; if that succeeds,
>>> then they can commit it but also they would (in the unenforced
>>> scenario) have been able to commit it anyway. If they fail to get a
>>> lock, then they would not have been able to commit it in the
>>> unenforced scenario. So what's gained?
>>>
>>> The only thing I can see that would be useful is if we could try to
>>> ensure that a lock is taken out before the user starts to modify the
>>> file. If that's what this sentence is aiming at, then it should say so.
>>
>>
>> It's not totally pointless. Requiring a lock to be taken out also
>> requires the pre-lock hook script to fire, which means that the
>> administrator has the ability to say "you can't lock this file". That
>> might be useful in some situations.
>
>
> But in the unenforced scenario, the administrator would just put that
> same restriction in the pre-commit hook instead, wouldn't he?

True, I guess he would be able to do that.

I suppose the svn:lock property doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless
it's enforcing 'lock this before you can edit it' by setting the file to
read-only or something, like perforce does.

-garrett

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