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RE: CVS list files in repository which are currently in checked out stat
From: |
Arthur Barrett |
Subject: |
RE: CVS list files in repository which are currently in checked out status |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:55:38 +1000 |
Hi Rupa,
> I thought any user can lock files as we do in Subversion
> (I am familiar with Subversion but I had kind of a query for
> CVS from a team which needed me to be clear on this)
Subversion does not provide support for a reserved versioning model, as
explained in the svnbook for SVN 1.5:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.advanced.locking
"users to break each other's locks over the network. To do this, Sally simply
needs to pass the --force to the svn unlock command"
If any user can unlock any file then the lock is purely advisory, or rather:
not a lock at all but a watch (actually the Subversion programmers clearly used
the CVSNT 'co-operative lock' mechanism as a template for implementing their
lock, not the 'reserved' lock mechanism).
Ie: subversion behaves just like CVS, which is understandable because their
design goal was to rewrite CVS.
ie: svn lock is equivalent (in business function) to cvs edit, it ADVISES other
people that you are working on the file.
CVS, SVN, Git etc do not support workflows with a requirement for reserved
edits. If you have a real business reason that requires a SCCM process that in
turn requires reserved edits then try a tool that does support it, like CVSNT
(Free/GPL just like CVS) or ClearCase.
Note: CVS does have a 'lock' command - but it is administrative, not part of
the non-privileged user workflow.
Regards,
Arthur Barrett