> Andreas:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Andreas Stieger <andreas.stie...@gmx.de> 
> wrote:
> > or knowing who is actually working on a file.
> 
> Incorrect, this is shown in both TortoiseSVN and svn cli.
> 
> To be more precise, you can know who, in the past, has made changes to files 
> and
> checked those change into the repository.  You cannot know who has made 
> changes
> in their working copy and has not yet checked them back into the repository 
> (they
> may never do so).
> 
> 
> To know who is actually working on a file requires a level of integration 
> that is not
> found in SVN, Git or CVS.  I have a vague recollection of an SCM that did 
> enable
> such information but I'm not remembering which one it is at the moment.
> 
> Doug
>

The original question was:
> in Tortoise SVN, there is no method of locking a file until it has been 
> changed .
> or knowing who is actually working on a file.
> is this feature available on any other version control , GIT , CVS ?

If you are using the locking feature it is possible to see who is working on 
the file. See  
https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-locking.html for a 
description for TortoiseSVN.

/Atle

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