RE: Consistency check of repository & knowing whether files are

[Jim.Hyslop]

address@hidden wrote:
> marko writes [quoting Mark?]:
> > > Well, the cvs advisory locking ('cvs watch', 'cvs edit', and 'cvs
> > > watchers') commands are not necessarily as well 
[...]
> No, they're a sop to people who don't really believe in the CVS
> philosophy.

Well, I can agree with 'cvs edit' being a sop, but 'cvs watch' is a very
important command for concurrent usage - it tells me immediately when
someone has checked in a file I'm working on, so I know I have to update my
file right away to make the future check-in painless.

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)