RE: set 1 file in repository to be read only

[Tumy, Brad]

So what it appears I would need to do using this method is have some sort of
regular expression search for the file name that is restricted.  If this
file name is found then it should return a non-zero exit status and the
commit on that file will fail.

Sounds complicated actually...maybe I am missing something.

Easier way?

Thanks.
Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. Baushke [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:03 PM
To: Tumy, Brad
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: set 1 file in repository to be read only 


Tumy, Brad <address@hidden> writes:

> This question is more for a sanity check then anything else.
> 
> If I want one specific file in the repository to be read-only (to all
> developers) then I just set the permissions on that file (through OS
> [Solaris]) to be read-only ...correct? 

No.
 
> We are developing a web-application in Cold Fusion and I want to lock down
> the top Application.cfm file so that developers can check it out and
include
> it in their working directory but not be able to commit it back to the
> repository.

Use the commitinfo hook and have it know that particular file should
never be allowed to be committed by normal developers. See the URL:
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.12.1/cvs_18.html#SEC167 for
more information.

        -- Mark