Re: Problem committing .doc files

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 00:25 -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
> When I edit a .doc file using MS Word 2003, on occasion I get the error
> stating my "working copy may be out-of-date." This message repeats even
> after I 'svn up' and try to re-commit. The only 2 solutions I have
> found are:

If you have edited the (non-text-mergeable, aka binary) file then 'svn
up' will simply leave you with a merge conflict that must be manually
resolved. After doing so you should be able to commit. See:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.branchmerge.copychanges.html#svn.branchmerge.copychanges.bestprac.merge

Note this has nothing to do with a .doc file, per se, but rather it is a
situation that will result from simultaneous edits on a file that cannot
be textually merged. Your best bet is to avoid this situation via locks
and the svn:needs-lock property. See:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.advanced.locking.html#svn.advanced.locking.lock-communication

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Mark S. Reibert, Ph.D.
svn@reibert.com
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