Hello,
we would like to be able to always know who else is working on a file, so
that we can communicate with each other and avoid complex merges.
Case 1: If 2 or 3 users have to change the same file but one user has to
make his changes in the top of the file, someone else is making changes to
the bottom of the file and a third person is changing the middle of the
file, there's no problem, we can all work at the same time, merging the
changes is trivial.
Case 2: If 2 users have to change the same section of a file it would be
better if one waits for the other, because it may be hard or impossible to
merge the changes.
To simplify this we would like to implement some sort of 'concurrent
locking': If a user wants to change a file he has to first take a lock on
the file, and if others also have a lock he is informed about that (so he
can have a chat and see if this is case 1 (and he can continue) or case 2
(and he should wait for the first change to be completed.))
As I understand it right now, locking in subversion is 'exclusive', if
user 1 has a lock, and user 2 also wants to lock, he has to steal the
lock, but when user 2 commits the changes the repository will not know
someone else (user 1) is still working on the file, so if a third user
takes a lock he will not be informed that user 1 is also working on the
file.
Could this be solved with repository hooks or will I have to implement my
own 'locking' mechanism? Or would this be considered a usefull feature
request? What I want is basically the equivalent of the cvs edit and
editors commands.
Kind Regards,
JAN KEIRSE
ICT-DEPARTMENT
Software quality & Systems: Software Engineer
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Received on 2011-01-18 15:14:31 CET