Re: git lock files

2015-06-15 Thread Thomas Koch
might contain good thoughts about locking + git: Jan 12, 2010 Interest in locking mechanism? http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Interest-in-locking-mechanism-td4293383.html Jul 04, 2013 intend-to-edit flag http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/intend-to-edit-flag-tp7591127.html Sep 17, 2013 Locking file

Re: git lock files

2015-06-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: > I could imagine a "git lock" command which looks like this: > > git config lock.centralServer origin > git config lock.defaultBranch master > > git lock add [branch] [--] > git lock remove [branch] [--] > git lock ls [] > > And the way this is implem

Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-10 Thread Stefan Beller
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 10:19:43AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: >> Just because Git allows distributed workflows, doesn't mean we >> should only focus on being distributed IMHO. >> >> The question for content not being mergable easily po

Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-10 Thread Fredrik Gustafsson
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 10:19:43AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > Just because Git allows distributed workflows, doesn't mean we > should only focus on being distributed IMHO. > > The question for content not being mergable easily pops up all > the time. (Game/Graphics designers, documents, all thi

Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-09 Thread Stefan Beller
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:21 AM, wrote: > Thanks folks, I am digesting all you have said. I did not intend to answer your original question, but to start a discussion on the feasibility of a dedicated "git lock" command. There are lots of things which are checked in alongside the code (The code

Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-09 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 13:21:44 -0500 wrote: > Thanks folks, I am digesting all you have said. > > Now the command line I can do (I'm a programmer) but the secretary > here I doubt. > > So is there at GUI interface for this? Does it work on Windows > systems? That's why I asked whether the thing y

Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-09 Thread hackerp
Thanks folks, I am digesting all you have said. Now the command line I can do (I'm a programmer) but the secretary here I doubt. So is there at GUI interface for this? Does it work on Windows systems? Thanks, Paul Stefan Beller wrote: > Just because Git allows distributed workflows, does

git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

2015-06-09 Thread Stefan Beller
Just because Git allows distributed workflows, doesn't mean we should only focus on being distributed IMHO. The question for content not being mergable easily pops up all the time. (Game/Graphics designers, documents, all this binary stuff, where there is no good merge driver). I could imagine a