Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 36087
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2005/2/7 [Computer/SW/RevisionControl] UID:36087 Activity:kinda low
2/7     Does anyone have actual experience using Visual SourceSafe with
        non-exclusive checkouts?  I've heard that it's bad at merging, but
        nothing specific.
        \_ We used to use VSS for years only doing non-exclusive checkouts.
           Works fine for the most part. Occasionally a merge will be
           tricky, but unless two people are editing the same exact
           lines it's not so bad. Eventually we switched to a different
           system for other reasons. -bz
           \_ What did you switch to, and for what reasons? --darin
           \_ I'm most interested in whether VSS barfed at any time, like two
              checkins getting garbled, etc.
        \_ Used it for ~4 years for thesis work with other folks. Never any
           barfage. Sometimes we'd have to clean up a failed merge, but that's
           true of any src control system. It was really solid. I'd recommend
           it.
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