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Re: [TSVN] Feature Request... Locking Files.

From: Rainer Müller <mueller_rainer_at_gmx.de>
Date: 2005-05-29 17:48:02 CEST

Filipe Fernandes wrote:
> The problem is that of communication. Some people will work on modifying
> the project in the repository at the same time without knowing that
> someone else is doing the same thing. That's where merge
> comes in and that's where my co-workers and I differ in methodology.
> They follow a business process that was designed around locked checkouts
> (VSS) which subversion doesn't have. This is the reason communication
> wasn't necessary with VSS and is necessary with subversion.

Locking the files wouldn't change anything as long as you don't set
svn:needs-lock. If developer A locks all files, developer B can still
work on the same files. B would recognize the lock first if he tries to
commit his changes.

Rainer

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