Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 01:42:58PM +0000, Philip Martin wrote: > >> Stefan Sperling <[email protected]> writes: >> >> >>>> Would it be reasonable to add a "--local-lock-file FILENAME" option >>>> to svnsync, which would turn off the current locking and use file >>>> locking instead? If so, I can work on a patch to do this. >>>> >>> I think we need an approach that also works over the network. >>> >> Network locking would be ideal, but there is no reason not to support >> people who only need a local lock. >> > > Sure, but that can already be done today with flock and lockfile. > If you think it's worth doing, I won't object. I'm just saying > that the time might be better spent designing something that > works over the network. >
Do we want to support this local svnsync usage on Windows? If we do, someone must implement reliable local locking internally. Otherwise I'd prefer to use well-tried solutions like lockfile. -- Brane
