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Eliot wrote: > What is the "correct" behaviour of the -f switch (force)? > Right now as I read the code, if there is a server connection, -f will > force an edit even if there are other editors. > But if there is no server connection it always fails. I suspect it must - it has to override the editors list on the server to reflect the new user (and quickly, before the existing editor commits). That's not something I've touched much though. > if(errors || (check_edited && editors_found)) > vs this > if(check_edited && (errors || editors_found)) 'standard' edit never returns a failure (multiple people can edit a file) so the check only makes sense when in -c mode. The old CVS used to always return OK no matter what the state of the edit. Tony -- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> Key ID: 104D/4F4B6917 2003-09-13 Fingerprint: 063C AFB4 3026 F724 0AA2 02B8 E547 470E 4F4B 6917