On Feb 2, 2005, at 9:37 PM, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:
>
>> Only if the file is unlocked.
>>
>> Where did you get the canonical value '*' from?
>>
>> Setting svn:needs-lock on an unlocked modified file, or unlocking an
>> svn:needs-lock file which has been modified, both seem like error
>> conditions to me. The user should not be able to, without manually
>> breaking the read-only flag, get the working copy into a state where
>> there is an svn:needs-lock file which is locally modified and
>> unlocked.
>>
>
> Sorry to disturb, but... shouldn't the read-only status of the file
> tied to the property state *on the repository*? So, a propset adding
> the property wouldn't do anything, the commit would make the file
> read-only instead. What's the point of having an uncommited
> "svn:needs-lock" forcing a local read-only file when everybody else
> can still freely commit it?
I think that that is part of Greg's (and everyone else's) point, which
I've come around to agree with now.
-Fitz
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Received on Thu Feb 3 05:00:28 2005