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Re: git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Jun 10, 2015, 15:22 UTC
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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 10:19:43AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> Just because Git allows distributed workflows, doesn't mean we
>> should only focus on being distributed IMHO.
>>
>> The question for content not being mergable easily pops up all
>> the time. (Game/Graphics designers, documents, all this binary
>> stuff, where there is no good merge driver).
>>
>> I could imagine a "git lock" command which looks like this:
>
> You do know that gitolite has locking functionality?
>
Yes, and it's cooking its own thing, it's not upstream (in git core I mean)

Locking is useful not just when using gitolite, but any hosting solution I believe.

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  1. hackerp@suddenlink.netJun 8, 2015
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovJun 8, 2015
  3. Randall S. BeckerJun 8, 2015
  4. Sitaram ChamartyJun 9, 2015
  5. git lock files (Was: GIT for Microsoft Access projects)Stefan Beller, Jun 9, 2015
  6. hackerp@suddenlink.netJun 9, 2015
  7. Konstantin KhomoutovJun 9, 2015
  8. Stefan BellerJun 9, 2015
  9. Fredrik GustafssonJun 10, 2015
  10. Stefan BellerJun 10, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  12. Thomas KochJun 15, 2015

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