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>-- Original Message -- >Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:46:24 -0800 >From: David Vo <vo.david at gmail.com> > >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. That was exactly my point. Bo's post implied that using "cvs edit" prohibits concurrent development, but it does not. > 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. This is also how we do it where I work - except we only use exclusive edit for binary files such as Office documents. At home, I do not use cvs edit - but this is a matter of corporate culture and personal preferences. -Torsten