Re: Do most people checkout read-only and use "cvs edit"?

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Karr, David <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm not talking about locking. It's always
> impractical to "check out with locks", in any
> SCM.

Hmmm... 'cvs edit' implies locking, so, your
question asked all of us about 'locking' even if
you did not know that was what you were asking.

> I'm just talking about what happens in the
> user's client view.

This is not what your message suggested.

> I was under the impression before that "cvs
> edit" just affects the file in the user's client
> view.

This is an invalid impression. A 'cvs edit'
creates an advisory lock.

> Does this also lock the file on the server?

Yes it does.

        -- Mark
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