[cvsnt] Re: cvs edit without repository connection doesnt do local actions.

[Tony Hoyle]

Eliot wrote:


> IMO any option in the server side cvsrc should be *enforced* by the server.
> I.e prevent client from commiting a change when a file is being reserved 
> edited.

That's way too late... what if you've just spent two days fixing a bug and 
someone else reserved edited it?  Fine if it's text, but if it's a binary 
build you're stuffed.

> I can recompile (in theory anyway ;-) the client to ignore the servers 
> cvsrc.

You'd have to change the whole client startup to remove that requirement... a 
lot has changed since it was added.  In theory it's just a matter of adding 
CVS_CMD_NO_CONNECT to the command and adding server startup code to the edit() 
function, but there's more to it than that - eg. reading the server side cvsrc 
'late' is not a good idea (the server switches should be processed before the 
user switches).

If you want to produce a patch I'd consider it (make it an optional switch as 
the current behaviour is too useful to be lost).

> Or I am forced to 'go behind the back of' CVS and make my local files 
> editable, losing the ability to unedit etc.  Nothing is gained by this 
> result.

not really... if you really want it then write a batch file that does the 
unedit for you - offline it's little more than copying the file from CVS/Base 
into the working directory anyway.

Tony

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