Yes you can selectively lock branches in some cases (definitely if you use pserver access). Searching the list archives would unearth a couple of scripts which achieve the same.
Thanks Shubho -----Original Message----- From: David Everly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brad L. Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:35 PM Subject: Re: How to lock CVS for check-in >Can I do a selective lock using this process, such that only certain >branches are locked? What would my script look for if this could be >done? > >On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:59:46PM -0400, Brad L. Chisholm wrote: >> You could also create a commitinfo trigger which returns non-zero, and >> optionally displays a message indicating that check-ins are currently >> disabled. Since read locks can occur in normal use, this also allows >> the users to distinguish between a mandated lockdown, and just a normal >> lock collision. >> >> -Brad >> >> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Larry Jones wrote: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > > >> > > I have set up a CVS as part of my project. At times I want to >> > > lock the CVS for check-ins .But checkouts should not be locked. Is there a >> > > way to do this in the CVS. Could any one help me to resolve the issue. >> > >> > You need to create a read lock in each directory in your repository. >> > See the manual for technical details: >> > >> > <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC17> >> > >> > -Larry Jones >> > >> > Even though we're both talking english, we're not speaking the same language. >> > -- Calvin >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bug-cvs mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Info-cvs mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >V-Net: 622-3286 >Phone: 1-719-535-3286 >Pager: 1-800-724-3624 # 140-1311 > >_______________________________________________ >Info-cvs mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
