Peter, Herman,
there is no reason at all to avoid subversion ;-)
Although SVN does not provide any means to *automagically* lock a file
on check out it still supports a locking mechanism.
In fact this does not impose any restriction: after having checked out
some file, anyone is free to make their changes to it without doing any
harm to you.
The only rule to be obeyed is that whoever is going to edit the file
*must* set a lock before (For safety, you might perform an "svn update"
prior to locking). The one who "wins the race" does his/her changes and
commits them when done.
As soon as the lock owner has released it it's your turn.
Happy versioning,
Thomas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Connolly [mailto:psconnolly_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:37 AM
> To: Herman - Temp
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Question about Subversion features
>
> If you want each developer to have exclusive use of a file
> that they are changing and you want to avoid merging, then
> you should probably be looking at RCS and avoiding Subversion and CVS.
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 6:54 PM, Herman - Temp
> <Herman_at_synergixtech.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently doing evaluation on versioning control system.
> > Subversion is one of my consideration to be used in the
> company where
> > i'm employed. There are around 10 developers in this company.
> > Occasionally, when a file need to be merged, the old code is
> > overwritten by the new code. So, I want to know whether
> Subversion has
> > the feature to automatic lock a files that is already
> checkout-ed for
> > editting? Or Is there any suggestion to reduce the code merging to
> > happen? How does Subversion handle binary file? (Note:
> Binary file cannot be merge normally, right?).
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Herman.
> >
>
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