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Hey, this is dangerous! I've always thought that cvs client using :local: "protocol" would work exactly as it would in server mode. I'd really like to hear from some cvs develper about this... -Flávio > Curtis Lehman wrote: > > For what it's worth, I asked a similar question a few weeks > back on the cvsgui mailing list on yahoo. Below is the > response I got. I think it's good reasoning for sticking with > CVSNT and avoiding using CVS in local mode. It's kind of > long, but worth reading through. I hope it helps. > > - Curtis Lehman > > From: Jens Miltner <jum at m...> > Date: Wed Dec 3, 2003 1:12 am > Subject: Re: [cvsgui] Why should I install wincvs server > instead of using local mode? > > Am 03.12.2003 um 05:54 schrieb Gagneet Singh: > (...) > > The major problem here is that your cvs client has no idea > that another > client might be modifying the repository at just that moment. This > might severely corrupt your repository! > Here's an older answer from Oliver Giesen about this problem: >