Locking: RFC: svn:needs-lock behaviors

Here's my mini-document on svn:needs-lock behaviors. Please look over
it and comment (especially Philip Martin, King of Properties). :-)

svn:needs-lock behaviors:
=========================

Checkout:
- If svn:needs-lock is set on a file when the file is checked out, set
  the file to read-only.

Update:
- If svn:needs-lock is unset in wc, but update sets it: Set file to
  read-only.
- If svn:needs-lock is set in wc, but update unsets it: Set file to
  write mode.
- If svn:needs-lock is set or unset in both places: Do nothing.

Propset:
- Setting the svn:needs-lock property sets the file to read-only
  (It also canonicalizes the value to '*')

Propdel:
- Removing svn:needs-lock sets the file to write mode.

Propedit:
- If the property is changed via propedit, we need to canonicalize it
  to '*'.

-Fitz

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Received on Wed Feb 2 22:54:38 2005