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Bo Berglund wrote: >An example is this what you describe below about using edit etc. >We *never ever* use cvs edit or any locking or reserved checkouts or >the like in our development. We all work concurrently and we never >have any problems like you describe. > > Using "cvs edit" does not prevent concurrent development. >As far as I know the *only* action performed when you use cvs edit >on a file is that the readonly flag on the local file is reset so >it becomes writeable. > Not quite - additionally the saved copy in CVS/Base is restored into the sandbox. >This can equally well be performed using Windows >Explorer. The only other thing that happens is that anyone having >a watch on this file will be notified that you have done cvs edit on it. > > And, people running "cvs editors" can see that you are no longer working on the file. >I have a hard time believing that doing an unedit on an edited file >with changes will magically return the original file contents into >it... > Better get used to the thought :-) -Torsten