the newest versions of SVN support locking of a file. The tortoiseSVN (explorer integration) even has a right click option to lock the file.
On 12/27/06, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>What happens is when developer A commits a file changed by developer B, > he is told there is a conflict, and is prompted to compare the two > versions, generally using diff or some variant of it. > > But this is ridiculous! > So programmer B has to read and check all what programer A has done, and > integrate either his own code into A's file, or A's code ito his own? > During all this, he has to check if every line of code is still > compatible, and during all the time it takes, there is still a chance > programmer C has modify the same file again? > > May be I didn't use the right term with "version control". > What I mean is some tool that will allow programmer A (even force him) > to tell the system "I want to work on file such and such". Then all > these files are "locked", and when user B comes to ask for the same > files, he will be answered "Sorry, these files are already used by > programmer A". > When programmer A upload the new files, they will be sent automatically > to all other programmers, and programmer B will be said "now you've got > the new files, you may lock them for yourself if you want." > > I don't need to recover previous versions (although that might be an > option), I just need to manage users so that only one at a time can > modify a file. > > -- > _______________________________________ > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm > (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Thanks. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
