Re: anything corresponding to pinning in VSS

On Friday 27 January 2006 11:10, Suruchi Parimu wrote:
> Marc, Shirish and All,
>
> Thanx... the per-commit hook sounds good...
>
> I have another query... Subversion has provision whereby anybody can edit a
> file without locking it unless the "Needs Lock" is specified... is there a
> way by which we can have the "Needs Lock" set automatically when a file is
> added. Of course the pre-commit hook can help here too, but is there a
> solution other than that.

AFAIK (we've never had the need for locks) you only have the pre-commit option
here, but don't take my word for it... I simply don't know for sure.

But I'd like to note that locks in SubVersion are not as hard as they are in
other VCS: they can be broken. See:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.locking.html#svn.advanced.locking.break-steal

I believe the most often cited example for this is that if Alice locks a file
and then goes on holiday for two months Bob wouldn't be able to edit this
file for two months if he can't break the lock.

> Regards,
> Suruchi

C'ya,
        Marc

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