On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 01:42:58PM +0000, Philip Martin wrote: > Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> writes: > > >> Would it be reasonable to add a "--local-lock-file FILENAME" option > >> to svnsync, which would turn off the current locking and use file > >> locking instead? If so, I can work on a patch to do this. > > > > I think we need an approach that also works over the network. > > Network locking would be ideal, but there is no reason not to support > people who only need a local lock.
Sure, but that can already be done today with flock and lockfile. If you think it's worth doing, I won't object. I'm just saying that the time might be better spent designing something that works over the network. Stefan