Re: 2 users working on same file caused a change to be reverted rather than merged

On 14-Feb-09, at 10:30 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Rupert Hunt <rupert_at_pagedevelopers.com> writes:
>
>> Does anyone know why this might have happened?
>
> The usual mistake is :
>
> Alice opens file.txt in her editor.
>
> Bob opens file.txt in his editor.
> Bob edits, and commits.
>
> Alice runs "update" outside her editor.
> Alice saves the file to disk, overwritting "update"'s changes.
> Alice commits. :-(.

That's right. It's important to use an editor which recognises when
the file changes under it (e.g. BBEdit on MacOS, or Eclipse/Subclipse
on any platform).

--Toby

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