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Re: Do most people checkout read-only and use "cvs edit"?
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Mark D. Baushke |
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Re: Do most people checkout read-only and use "cvs edit"? |
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Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:57:13 -0700 |
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Karr, David <address@hidden> writes:
> I'm not talking about locking. It's always
> impractical to "check out with locks", in any
> SCM.
Hmmm... 'cvs edit' implies locking, so, your
question asked all of us about 'locking' even if
you did not know that was what you were asking.
> I'm just talking about what happens in the
> user's client view.
This is not what your message suggested.
> I was under the impression before that "cvs
> edit" just affects the file in the user's client
> view.
This is an invalid impression. A 'cvs edit'
creates an advisory lock.
> Does this also lock the file on the server?
Yes it does.
-- Mark
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