Re: Repository know who has checkouts?

[Noel L Yap]

address@hidden on 2000.10.04 18:11:13
>Noel L Yap wrote:
>> No, unlike some other tools, changes within the repo do not affect
>> already-existing working directories (aka sandboxes).
>
>I was probably unclear.  If user A sets a watch on somefile.txt, then
>*when user B updates his copy* it will come down as read only, *even if
>there are no settings anywhere in user B's world that would otherwise
>bring a file down read only*.  User B's world has just subtly changed;
>without understanding why, now he just knows that he can't simply open
>that file in a text editor anymore, even though he knows he didn't
>change any environment settings, any file permissions, etc.  If user B
>now gets smart and figures out what's going on and therefore does a cvs
>watch off on somefile.txt, then the next time that user *A* brings down
>somefile.txt it will not come down as read only (as he might have
>thought) but as read/write.
>
>So user A's sandbox activity can affect the kinds of updates that occur
>later in user B's sandbox, and vice versa.
>
>Verified using cvs 1.10 on Solaris 2.7 using two users and a pserver
>repository.
>
>You can envisage "watch on" and "watch off" wars among the unwashed
>masses.  :-)
>
>Anyhow, it's kind of a minor point, but it is a little odd, don't you
>think?

Yes, this would be a problem.  In practice, though, the entire team decides to
use "cvs watch on" on the entire repository (or at least entire modules) so that
they may use "cvs edit" to better support inter-team communication.

Noel




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