On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Anton Shepelev <anton....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, all > > We are migrating to SVN from the dreaded SourceSafe > and should like to retain, if only at the start, the > exclusive check-out process, with the following > *atomic* operations which should be performed as > easily as possible: > > 1. lock and update, > lest one might accidentally start editing an > old version of some file. > > 2. commit and unlock. > > Can SVN be configured to have such operations, and > how? > See these sections of the book: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.basic.version-control-basics.html#svn.basic.vsn-models http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.locking.html and particularly this section: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.locking.html#svn.advanced.locking.lock-communication Locking a file will not force an update to happen, but the lock itself is not held on any specific revision either. -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/
