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Bo Berglund wrote: >CVS = Concurrent Version System meaning it is designed for multiple developers >working concurrently on the same project source. > >There are some not very strict ways of somehow simulate the locking behaviour >you are asking for. All of this is in the archives, go Googling and you will >find tons of discussions on pro-con of locking. > >If you really want strict locking then look for another source control system >like PVCS, ClearCase or similar (and be prepared to shelve out $$$...) > Or set the file's keyword expansion to "binary", set "watch on", and use TortoiseCVS exclusively as the client. Not foolproof, but works fine where I work (around 30 developers). Then again, if you think you NEED exclusive locking for text files such as source code you are probably mistaken. -Torsten