Re: read-only checkouts

Ok well yes then. I'm just highlighting problems that people may have
with the locks. I don't know what you could do about them though (How
do other VCSs handle this situation?).

Cheers,

Brooke

On 09/04/2005, at 12:32 AM, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:

>
> On Apr 7, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Brooke Smith wrote:
>>
>> 2. User tries to open the 'needs-lock' file
>> 3. TSVN locks the file (if it isn't already and in which case it will
>> display an error message) and opens the file. The user isn't aware.
>>
>
> Sure, this works assuming that the user double-clicks the file from
> windows explorer.
>
> But what if the user runs MS Word, then does File->Open?
>
> Or what if some power-user opens a command prompt and runs
> "winword.exe file.doc"?
>
> In this case, windows explorer isn't even *aware* that a file got
> opened.
>
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