Cristian Romanescu wrote:
> I have a request from my boss, to find a mean to check-out from the
> repository not files, but at method level. Is there a way to set-up cvs to
> do that?
Ummm - does your boss realize that this is an unsound request? Allow me to
elaborate. The file is the (almost universal) fundamental unit of
compilation. As such, everything in a file is run through the compiler
together, and is therefore subject to the scope of compilation (example:
static variables in C are visible to all methods in the same file, but nowhere
else). Therefore, checkout by method isn't a generally sound strategy,
because you are not isolating the scope of the method.
Example: Programmer A checks out a method and makes a small but reasonable
change. Programmer B checks out another method in the same file and makes a
small but reasonable change. If these methods share file scoped data, then
there is a possibility that these two changes, when merged (a checkout by
method system will still have to merge, it will just do so automatically),
will yield a broken file.
I suggest that you and your boss take a good look at what you are trying to
achieve. There is probably a more reasonable solution, such as
method-per-file code storage, to achieve your ends.
/|/|ike
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