> -----Original Message----- > From: Thorsten Schöning [mailto:tschoen...@am-soft.de] > Sent: 18 May 2012 09:15 > To: users@subversion.apache.org > Cc: Thuan Seah Tan > Subject: Re: Equivalent of a check out by others? > > Guten Tag Thuan Seah Tan, > am Freitag, 18. Mai 2012 um 06:53 schrieben Sie: > > > Correct me if I am wrong, > > it seems since Subversion does not have the concept of > checkout for edit, > > there is no way to retrieve information from the server as > to who else could > > be editing the file at a given time? > > The equivalent of what you describe as checkout for edit is to aquire > a lock manually. > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.locking.html
BUT note that this is not the way most people use subversion, which supports and encourages the "copy-modify-merge" model, instead of "lock-edit-unlock". I recommend you read the introduction in the subversion online book to learn more:- http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.basic.version-control-basics.html ~ mark c > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > > Thorsten Schöning > > -- > Thorsten Schöning E-Mail:thorsten.schoen...@am-soft.de > AM-SoFT IT-Systeme http://www.AM-SoFT.de/ > > Telefon.............030-2 1001-310 > Fax...............05151- 9468- 88 > Mobil..............0178-8 9468- 04 > > AM-SoFT GmbH IT-Systeme, Brandenburger Str. 7c, 31789 Hameln > AG Hanover HRB 207 694 - Geschäftsführer: Andreas Muchow > >