Re: File lock issue

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 7:06 AM
> To: Srilakshmanan, Lakshman
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: File lock issue
>
>
> > Is there any way of preventing changes across branches till the
> latest copy
> > of the file is merged into the branch before editing or
alternatively
> is
> > there a way of informing users on different branches that the file
> has been
> > edited and they need to update their copy before proceeding.
>

In ClearCase, you could prevent a file from being branched. So
unmergeable files would only ever "exist" on the main branch aka, trunk.

Maybe make unmergeable files accessible only via an externals? It's
clumsy since externals can only be defined via a directory.

If SVN symlinks actually resolved to a file/dir (like they do in
ClearCase,) that would be an option also (make a symlink in each branch
to /trunk/.../word.doc, put svn:needs-lock on /trunk/.../word.doc)

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Received on 2008-05-02 15:15:15 CEST