Re: tlug: cvs

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Andrew S. Howell wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:
>     >>  Sorry, I should have said that, "andy" is the user. Its the
>     >> unix user under which files will be checked in and out. The
>     >> repository itself can (should ?) be owned by some other user,
>     >> say cvsadmin. CVS just uses Unix file permissioning, so the
>     >> users that will use CVS will need to have read/write permission
>     >> to the repository.
> 
>     Scott> what if more than one person will be checking stuff out?
> 
> You've hit upon the reason for CVS, ie, "Concurrent". While RCS/CVS
> etc rely on locking a file when you want to edit it, CVS does not lock
> the file until you check it in, and then only briefly. At this point
> there are two possibilities, either no else has checked in any changes
> in the interim, in which case you changes are checked in, or someone
> else has checked in the same file, in which case CVS will force you to
> update your file with their changes, resolve any conflicts, and then
> you can continue to check in you file.
> 
> Personally, I like this model much better. Just because someone
> checked out a file and went on vacation, does not stop you from
> continuing on with your work. When that person returns, they may have
> to merge in you changes, but CVS takes care of a lot it
> automatically. 

OK, I got it all set up and it works :)

Thanks for your help!

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
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