RE: Re: Opening files stored in the repository

Thanks for the help, i will take a look through the locking chapters first.

Cheers

Lübbe Onken | RA Consulting wrote:
>
> 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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