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>Unfortunately, I still do want to have users get exclusive use of
>files when they check something out. Lots of binary files (gifs, jpgs,
>mpgs) will be in use, but worse than that -- in my organization there
>are liable to be multiple people working on the same file in the same
>place at the same time when they shouldn't be. I want to use locks to
>force people to talk to each other before they start editing, not
>after...
Stating the obvious (but just in case)...
Can you just ask all developers (under penalty of corporeal punishment for
noncompliance) to execute a "cvs editors" on each file they intend to
modify? If anyone is currently editing the file, the developer should not
"cvs edit" nor modify the file.
David
