Re: questions on cvs locking

[Noel L Yap]

address@hidden on 2001.02.15 18:54:02
>We are using CVS for CM. It came with a problem that multiple developers
>were updating
>a same file. Although cvs provides lock/unlock commands, it seems not
>convenient.

CVS is meant to allow concurrent checkouts; that's what the C in CVS is for.

>Is there any solution?

You need to ask yourself why you want serialized development.  Most (if not all)
of the time, good developer communication replaces restrictive locks.  Take a
look at the edit, watch, and notification features of CVS.

Noel



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