RE: How to lock CVS for check-in

[Pyatt, Scott]

Is CVS/Entries available to the commitinfo script when the repository is on
a Unix server and the developer is working on an NT client (pserver)?  If
so, I can put something together.  

With companies like mine that have so many branches in order to support a
number of back and future releases, I really need to implement branch
locking to keep the developers from accidentally shooting themselves in the
foot (happened again today).  I'm just surprised that something as basic as
branch locking has not made its way into CVS yet.  That aside, CVS has been
a decent tool for us.

Thanks,
-Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Shubhabrata Sengupta [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:54 PM
To: Pyatt, Scott; 'Brad L. Chisholm'; David Everly
Cc: Larry Jones; address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in


Wondering why this enhancement is needed in the commitinfo interface when
you can always get the branch information out of the CVS/Entries file which
is always available to the commitinfo script.

Thanks

Shubho

-----Original Message-----
From: Pyatt, Scott <address@hidden>
To: 'Brad L. Chisholm' <address@hidden>; David Everly
<address@hidden>
Cc: Larry Jones <address@hidden>; address@hidden
<address@hidden>; address@hidden <address@hidden>
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:36 AM
Subject: RE: How to lock CVS for check-in


>"How to lock a branch?"  This seems to be the number one question posted to
>info-cvs.  I posted it myself two years ago.  Is there anyway this
>enhancement can get rolled into a future release of cvs (e.g., 1.12)?  If
>not, is the fear that it may break existing commitinfo scripts?
>
>Thanks,
>-Scott
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brad L. Chisholm [mailto:address@hidden
>Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:15 PM
>To: David Everly
>Cc: Brad L. Chisholm; Larry Jones; address@hidden; address@hidden
>Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in
>
>
>You can selectively lock branches, but only if the branch info can get
>passed to your commitinfo script.  We have "enhanced" the commitinfo
>interface locally to send additional parameters we find useful, including
>the branch info.  I'd be happy to send the diffs (commit.c), if anyone
>is interested.
>
>-Brad
>
>On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:57:25AM -0600, David Everly wrote:
>> Can I do a selective lock using this process, such that only certain
>> branches are locked?  What would my script look for if this could be
>> done?
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:59:46PM -0400, Brad L. Chisholm wrote:
>> > You could also create a commitinfo trigger which returns non-zero, and
>> > optionally displays a message indicating that check-ins are currently
>> > disabled.  Since read locks can occur in normal use, this also allows
>> > the users to distinguish between a mandated lockdown, and just a normal
>> > lock collision.
>> >
>> > -Brad
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
>> > > address@hidden writes:
>> > > >
>> > > >            I have set up a CVS as part of my project. At times I
>want to
>> > > > lock the CVS for check-ins .But checkouts should not be locked. Is
>there a
>> > > > way to do this in the CVS. Could any one help me to resolve the
>issue.
>> > >
>> > > You need to create a read lock in each directory in your repository.
>> > > See the manual for technical details:
>> > >
>> > > <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC17>
>> > >
>> > > -Larry Jones
>> > >
>> > > Even though we're both talking english, we're not speaking the same
>language.
>> > > -- Calvin
>> > >
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