SVN and Locks

[Manuel Reyes <Ma...@e-mis.com>]

Hello List,

Please correct me if I am barking up the wrong tree here.

I am under the impression that if I checkout and item and then get the
"lock" for that file then nobody else can update that item until I
release the lock, is this the case?

If so is it possible to create a repository that will only allow locked
access (i.e. you checkout with a lock or you don't check out at all)?

The reason I need to do this is that I am working on a projects whose
files do not merge successfully

Regards
Manuel

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Re: SVN and Locks

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

On Sep 12, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Manuel Reyes wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> Please correct me if I am barking up the wrong tree here.
>
> I am under the impression that if I checkout and item and then get the
> "lock" for that file then nobody else can update that item until I
> release the lock, is this the case?

Correct.  If you lock a file, then the repository will prevent anyone  
else from committing a change to it.


>
> If so is it possible to create a repository that will only allow  
> locked
> access (i.e. you checkout with a lock or you don't check out at all)?

Yes, you can certainly write a pre-commit hook script to enforce  
this.  The script would examine all of the paths someone is  
attempting to commit, and make sure that every one of them is locked...

Have you read the documentation on svn locking yet?

   http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.locking.html

The recommended procedure is to specifically mark un-mergeable files  
as "needing a lock".  This causes the files to have read-only  
permission in everyone's private sandboxes.  When you lock the file,  
it becomes read-write.


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