Re: Question about long commits

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Robert Dailey

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Robert Dailey<rcdailey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Robert Dailey<rcdailey_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > What limitations are placed on the repository while the commit is in
> >> > progress?
> >>
> >> None. There is a limitation placed on the commit though: if any item
> >> the commit changes is also changed in the mean time, the commit may be
> >> rejected with an "out-of-date" error.
> >
> > If this is true, this seems problematic. What if the team is making a
> commit
> > every 5 minutes? Assuming each commit the team makes touches at least one
> of
> > the files you are committing, then you will never be able to successfully
> > commit your changes. Ever.
>
> Unless you split it up in smaller changes

This would be bad because it's just one of the ways you break the atomic
nature of a commit.

> or you cooperate with the admin to make the rest of the team stop
> committing for a while, yes.

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