Re: problem of giving LOCK to one file

[Kaz Kylheku]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Saroj Dalal wrote:

> 5. Is their any medhod so that we can provide LoCK to makefile so that users 
> can checkout Makefile, can edit makefile in home dir but cant checkin 
> makefile into cvs

If you do that, developers won't be able to do their work. For example,
if someone adds a new source file to the project, but does not publish
the corresponding change to the Makefile, the compilation and linking
will break for everyone else who picks up the new changes.

CVS allows everyone to change the Makefile in parallel and then to
merge the changes. Always update before you commit to incorporate
the latest changes from the repository, and ensure that what you commit
works.

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