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Bo Berglund wrote: > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:50:21 +0400, Vinay Jhumun > <ljhumun at sil.intnet.mu> wrote: > > >>Hi, >>Can anyone help me plz, >>Well, i hve a CVSNT server installed on a Windows 2003 server, >>and i hve developers working on oracle forms, >> >>my question is can they use cvs for the configuration management, can >>they put their forms, i.e the .fmd and .fmx on the cvs, >>and can two developers work on the same form, etc, >> > > I don't know the format of Oracle form files, but of course you can > version control them with CVS. The functionality will depend on the > file format though: > > 1. If the files are text files: > No problems here, people can work in parallel on the same files even > and CVS will help them consolidate their respective work. > > 2. If the files are binary: > This is harder because CVS cannot do any consolidation (merging) of > work done at the same time by several people. In this case you must > set up your server to use "reserved edits", which means that only one > developer at a time can edit the file. Of course all developers can > have a working copy of all files, but they will be readonly for all > but the editor. Noone else can start an edit session until the file > has been committed from the one who has it in edit state. > This is an interesting idea. Can CVSNT be configured to force reserved edit on binary files? julian.