With Visual Source Safe, it was certain death for any project enabled multiple checkouts. It was simply too difficult to merge changes from different developers back together. With Team System, Microsoft has made a strong effort to make merging files together much easier. But there are some things to think about when working with a project that has multiple checkouts enabled. Let's take a quick look at checking out files in Team System. When checking out files you have three lock options.
The "None" lock allows other developers to check out the same file. The "Check Out" lock prohibits all check outs and check in of the file. The "Check In" lock prohibits checking in, but allows the file to be checked out. Some things to remember when working in teams using multiple checkouts:
  • When working on a project file or configuration file, check out the file using the "Check Out" lock.
  • When working on a code file that another developer created, try to not move code around. This seems to confuse the merge.
  • When working on code that is shared and can cause major breaking changes, use the "Check Out" lock.
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