Re: [Subclipse-users] Update before Commit ?

El mié, 24-10-2007 a las 09:34 -0400, Kiran Karnati escribió:
> Hi,
>
> if the same class is checked out by two users and they both modify it
> and one of them check it in before, the second one can't overwrite
> it.
>
> He must update it before he can commit. That is a good feature which
> forces to download all changes made to repos, but even after merging
> all changes to the local copy and having local changes extra, he
> still ned to do update to be able to have commit option activated.

Update does not imply "update and override." The former does not
overwrite the local changes, the latter does. You might be missing the
"Mark conflicts solved" step after merge.

> This means , the second user loses all his changes he made to the local copy once he updates it.
>
> Is there any solution for this problem ?

You shouldn't be having this problem. That's one of the main reasons to
use a revision control system with merge support such as Subversion.
Review your procedure.

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