Re: How to lock repository for automated build purposes?

E.K. Lee wrote:
>
> I need a way to prevent developers from committing files while an
> automated build process is started. Is there a way to achieve this
> with the default svn command line tools (the svn lock seems to work
> only on files)? Or is there an easier way to lock a repository
> temporarily? Thanks.
>

Typically a build process would simply select a repository revision,
then check out that revision. There is no need to lock the repository
while creating a tag or running a build process, because revisions are
repository-wide and immutable (except for properties on the revisions
themselves). Look at the "-r" option in the checkout command.

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    David Chapman         dcchapman_at_earthlink.net
    Chapman Consulting -- San Jose, CA
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