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Thanks for the replies and the clarification on how the edit works. I am a bit confused, however, since the edit command was always used here. I have always thought this was a part of concurrency and a method to keep track of who was doing what, since one developer can commit his copy of the file while another developer has it edited. Basically, a cvs get is performed and the developer uses the edit command on the files he/she is working on. They run cvs update to merge any committed work and then commit themselves when finished. In some projects, exclusive locks are being used. I would like to know your cvs procedures and see if I can start getting the team to change- if there is in fact a better way to use cvsnt to prevent problems that I have been seeing and maybe optimize the experience. Thanks, David On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:26:10 +0100, Torsten Martinsen <torsten at tiscali.dk> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs >