Hi, Riccardo, Everyone with access to a SourceJammer archive can get a read-only copy of a file. When you want to edit a file you "check out" the file which gives you read/write priveleges to that file on your local hard disk. When you are finished making your edits, you "check in" the file to the SourceJammer archive, and your "lock" on the file is removed. If you try and check out a file that it is already checked out you will receive notification that it is checked out and by whom.
Nothing in the above scheme prevents you from getting a read-only copy of an archive, without checking out any files, and making changes on your local hard disk, say, if you want to run some experiments. SJ will let you know that your local copy is out of sync with the archive. If you really want to save the changes in the archive you will have to play a little game of saving the changed file(s), ensuring that no one else has the file checked out or made modifications in the meantime, checking out the file, replacing the checked out copy with the saved one and then checking your changes back into the archive. It sounds harder than it really is. The problem that I have with concurrent checkout is if there are files that people tend to work on all the time. If two people are working on the same file at the same time, the first one to check in their changes wins. The second person is stuck trying to figure out how to merge their changes into the new file. Essentially they were working on an old copy. Newer CVS-type systems have tools to help you with this but I still don't like them. You will have to figure out how your group works, what they like and what they're willing to put up with. I've been using SJ for the last 3-4 years and it still suits me just fine. Good luck. Stan Wong --- Riccardo Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never used source control tools, so I may > trust your opinion more than mide :) > > The initial request comes from the fact that we > currently do it without source control. What's > happening is that even if a big job is done on one > class, someone may want to try some minor > changes, or correct a bug. In that case, a manual > merge is done by the guy that handle the checkout. > > If my files are locked, I can of course manually > change the attributes to "read/write" and correct > the bug, then send by mail the file. Is that the > good way ? > > Thanks. > > > Stan Wong wrote: > > > Hi, Rob, > > > > I know that the issue of concurrent checkout has > been > > discussed several times before on this list. Let > me > > re-voice my opinion that concurrent checkout is > *not* > > a desirable feature, at least for my work > environment. > > > > If you added a site-wide option for concurrent > > checkout with the default setting of "off", that > would > > be fine by me. If that's doable then you can keep > > everyone happy, including me ;-) > > > > Stan Wong > > > > --- Robert MacGrogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >>This is SourceJammer's main limitation as compared > >>with other systems--no simultaneous checkouts. > >>I intend to add this functionality in the future, > >>but that will probably be a while. > >> > >>For now the best advice I can give is to try to > >>avoid situations like that. Developer > >>communication and keeping files relatively small > >>and focused is the way I avoid these types of > >>conflicts. > >> > >>--Rob > >> > >>--- Riccardo Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>>I found the work very confortable with source > >> > >>jammer. > >> > >>>I have just one problem: when one dev is working > >> > >>on a file, and another wants to test a little > >> > >>>thing > >>>on the same file, how can you do that ? > >>>Since the file is checked out by somebody else I > >> > >>cannot modify it. > >> > >>>What is the best attitude ? > >>>Thanks > >>>-- > >>>Riccardo Cohen > >>> > >>>Articque > >>>Les Roches > >>>37230 Fondettes > >>>France > >>>web = http://www.articque.com > >>>tel: +33 02 47 49 90 49 > >>>fax: +33 02 47 49 91 49 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More > >> > >>With Dual!' webinar happening > >> > >>>July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. 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