Hi Steve
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:50 pm, SteveKing wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2005 1:30 AM, Simon Large <slarge@slarge.plus.com> wrote:
> > The terminology is a bit confusing. Does 'locked' mean that the
> > file is read-only and you have to get an access key from the
> > repository, or does it mean that you have acquired a lock on the
> > file so that only you can change it?
>
> That depends on how we would implement that. We could show a 'locked'
> overlay if the file is read-only (i.e. locked by others) or we could
> show the overlay if a lock-owner is assigned (locked by either
> yourself or others).
>
Since you can only show a limited number of overlays, I think the most
important one would be svn:needs-lock.
> > It would be useful to indicate that you are holding a key/lock, and
> > you should release it if you are not using it. This use would take
> > precedence over the in-subversion overlay, so after you commit
> > changes, your locked files show up as needing to be released.
>
> That's not possible. You can't check to whom a lock belongs until you
> contact the repository. Even if you could check the lock-owner
> (username), that wouldn't help: a user can have multiple working
> copies (e.g. one in the office and one at home), so the locks would
> still be different.
>
The wc needs to know which locks it (thinks it) holds. eg to know which
files should be read-only. svn status is supposed to report this for
command line users. (Sorry I don't have 1.2rc installed atm to check).
This info can get outdated, if people break/steal locks, but it is the
best you can do without querying the server and probably accurate most
of the time.
> > It would also be useful to have an icon indicating that you do not
> > have a key/lock, and you need to acquire one in order to access
> > this file. This is almost identical to the above case, but with the
> > opposite sense.
>
> That would mean showing an overlay if a file is read-only. Easy to
> implement, and fast...
I you don't do anything else, please do at least this much. Some
applications will happily allow you to start editing read-only files.
The problem comes when you save them :-).
>
> Stefan
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Cheers
Andrew V.
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Received on Mon Apr 11 19:36:55 2005