Re: which version control supports file locking and who has it locked

Brane:

You're right! ClearCase with dynamic views would provide that data (files
could not be modified unless checked out and the checkouts left markers in
the database). You could even see "who" from other replicas (assuming
proper synchronization).

Agreed: you could not see what changes they were making unless you had
access to their view.

Thank you.

Doug

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org> wrote:

> On 06.06.2016 15:47, Doug Robinson wrote:
> > Andreas:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Andreas Stieger
> > <Andreas.Stieger_at_gmx.de <mailto:Andreas.Stieger_at_gmx.de>> wrote:
> >
> > > or knowing who is actually working on a file.
> >
> > Incorrect, this is shown in both TortoiseSVN and svn cli.
> >
> >
> > To be more precise, you can know who, in the past, has made changes to
> > files _and
> > _checked those change into the repository. You cannot know who has
> > made changes
> > in their working copy and has not yet checked them back into the
> > repository (they
> > may never do so).
> >
> > To know who is actually working on a file requires a level of
> > integration that is not
> > found in SVN, Git or CVS. I have a vague recollection of an SCM that
> > did enable
> > such information but I'm not remembering which one it is at the moment.
>
>
> I believe ClearCase with dynamic views could do that, but even that
> couldn't show diffs from someone else's view (since while the view was
> stored on the server, the actual changes were only stored locally on the
> client).
>
> -- Brane
>

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