>Noel L Yap wrote:
>> No, unlike some other tools, changes within the repo do not affect
>> already-existing working directories (aka sandboxes).
>
>I was probably unclear. If user A sets a watch on somefile.txt, then
>*when user B updates his copy* it will come down as read only, *even if
>there are no settings anywhere in user B's world that would otherwise
>bring a file down read only*. User B's world has just subtly changed;
>without understanding why, now he just knows that he can't simply open
>that file in a text editor anymore, even though he knows he didn't
>change any environment settings, any file permissions, etc. If user B
>now gets smart and figures out what's going on and therefore does a cvs
>watch off on somefile.txt, then the next time that user *A* brings down
>somefile.txt it will not come down as read only (as he might have
>thought) but as read/write.
>
>So user A's sandbox activity can affect the kinds of updates that occur
>later in user B's sandbox, and vice versa.
>
>Verified using cvs 1.10 on Solaris 2.7 using two users and a pserver
>repository.
>
>You can envisage "watch on" and "watch off" wars among the unwashed
>masses. :-)
>
>Anyhow, it's kind of a minor point, but it is a little odd, don't you
>think?
I would think that folks who are using the watchers/editors mechanism
would always be getting files read-only, simply to help remind them
to use cvs edit.
I am also sort of surprised that your text editors will not open read
only files. All of mine do - they just won't let you modify them.
My IDE will even ask you if you want to do file checkout (i.e. cvs
edit in cvs) if you try to change them.
- rmgw
http://www.electricfish.com/hawkfish/
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