RE: Re: Opening files stored in the repository

Ross wrote:

> That is what i am looking for yes.

I would not jump onto that easy solution without giving it further thought.
 
> Do i need another peice of software for this or is it an
> extension of svn?

Locking is part of SVN. I sincerely recommend that you read the first chapters of the svn book first to understand the basic concepts and to think through if you really need to enforce locking.

Making your development process depend on locking is asking for trouble if you don't *really* need it, because it just adds another administrative layer with only a marginal benefit.

We are using subversion without locking for >4-5 years now (since its early days) and we *never* needed locking. I always had to explain this to new colleagues that have been using VSS or similar systems for years, but now these same people, who have cried for locking first, are now wondering how they could have ever developed software with lock enforcing version control systems...

you may enforece locking for files that cannot be merged easily (binary files, images, ...), but for normal text files you really don't need it.

Cheers
- Lübbe

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