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Mark Johnson wrote: > We have a couple of text files (xml) which are generate by different > development tools (iLOG and InstallAnywhere) which are not mergable. > Is there a way to define these as non-mergable. We do not want an > update to attempt to merge these files. I realize that this is the > default for binary files, but these are not binary. > > We do not use reserved edits, and do not have "watch on" on the > repository. Can we still set a specific file as "force reserved > edit"? If so, does this force a developer to do a reserved edit > before they can commit the file? > > Comming from an scm system which enforces a very strict reserved > "check-out/check-in" model, I've grown to like the C in CVS, but I've > found the need to require forced/reserved edits in certain instances, > and don't know how to handle it well with CVS. You could force individual files to always be edited in reserved mode by using the -kc keyword. This could still be overridden if necessary but that can no longer happen by accident (hence keeping faithful to the C-principle). Files with the -kc flag will always be checked out read-only and thus require an Edit before you could commit them. The Edit will implicitly be a Reserved one and so will the Commit. P.S.: You should by all means try to forget again about the -kx option that was mentioned here as quickly as possible unless you want to return to the dark medieval days of "real" exclusive locking. Hope this helps. -- Oliver ---- ------------------ JID: ogiesen at jabber.org ICQ: 18777742 (http://wwp.icq.com/18777742)