RE: Lock-Modify-Unlock vs Copy-Modify-Merge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: barry burnereau
>
> Hello
>
> My boss is asking me why we have to use
> Copy-Modify-Merge. He prefer Lock-Modify-Unlock
> (source safe in that case).
>
> I don't like sourcesafe, and I prefer using
> subversion... So my question is:
> Is somebody having an url or a document explaining why
> and when Copy-Modify-Merge is better. (i've read the
> book, but if I could have more arguments...)

If you have access to a book called "Pragmatic Version Control with CVS", by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, there is a good explanation of the differences between the two, and why C-M-M is preferable in most cases. It's explained in terms that won't send a non-programmer running for the hills.

I haven't gotten past chapter three in the SVN book yet, so I don't know if their explanation is the same as Thomas and Hunts.

...Obviously, some things aren't very obvious.

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Received on Mon Oct 11 15:56:17 2004