June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 49m
English
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Reserving Files
CVS
has a method of exclusive development that is based on reserving the
ability to commit files, so that only a single user can commit a
reserved file. This is useful when you want to enforce exclusive
development, especially when you have files that cannot be merged and
users who are not comfortable with the honor system that
cvs watch relies on.
This method requires the
rcslock
script (distributed in the
contrib subdirectory of the CVS source code),
file locking set to strict (the CVS default), the assistance of the
repository administrator, and the active support of the developers.
The rcslock script is provided as is; currently,
it is an unsupported part of the CVS distribution.
File locking is set to strict by default in CVS, so there should be
no need to set it that way manually. You can confirm the lock status
of a file with the command cvs log -h filename.
Warning
Do not use the cvs admin
-U
command on
any files in your project. This sets file locking to nonstrict and
can cause problems. File locks can be set strict again with
cvs admin -L.
Installing and Configuring rcslock
The rcslock
script is distributed with the
CVS source code. Chapter 2 includes the URL for
the CVS source code, and most Linux or Unix packaging systems include
an option to install the source from the package. In CVS 1.11.5, the
rcslock script is called rcslock.in
(in previous versions, it was called
rcslock.pl). The CVS build script attempts to
generate a version called rcslock, with ...
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