Subj : Re: CVS Checkout Lock
To   : comp.programming
From : Rob Thorpe
Date : Fri Aug 19 2005 09:16 am

cholcomb wrote:
> I am somewhat new to cvs and trying to set it up for a project. The
> project manager wants to have it set up so that when you check out a
> file it locks the file so noone else can check it out till you release
> the file.
>
> >From what research I have done I can not fine out how to do this and
> suspect it is not possible.
>
> My experince is the admin -L feature locks the file for checkin not
> checkout.
>
> Can anyone confirm that locking for checkout is not possible or tell me
> how to set it up.
>
> The cvs server is on freebsd and using wincvs on xp to get to the
> server.

Whether it's possible or not, it's not a good idea.  After all, what's
the point of having a source code control system if you're not going to
use it?

If, for some reason, management descide they want people to apply their
changes in some particular order then it should be done with procedures
outside of the version control system.

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