VSS-Check out on SubVersion

Question

Folks,

Sometimes we need to have the Check-out functionality from VSS to be used in SubVersion, i.e. someone will only check-out a file/folder and nobody else can do that.

I guess this feature is not present in SVN, but can we simulate it ??

Answer 1

Will svn locks work in your case? They prevent other users from commit changes (although any number of users can get the code).

See the docs for more details: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.ref.svn.c.lock.html