Re: locked files, how to handle

[Larry Jones]

Georg Wilckens writes:
> 
> Hey, that's neat. Couldn't find that in the documentation, thanks for
> the hint. :) :) Maybe I have an misconception regarding locking... can
> CVS be safely used without locking? Couldn't there be some unsuspected
> merges when two people commit a file shortly after each other?

Of course CVS can be safely used without locking -- the whole *point* of
CVS it to allow *concurrent* versioning.  I'm not sure what you mean by
an "unsuspected" merge -- CVS won't allow you to commit a file that
isn't up to date, you have to explicitly update first.  Updating may
merge changes, but it will tell you if it does.

-Larry Jones

Whatever it is, it's driving me crazy! -- Calvin