VS 2005 project query

jimmurray · Post by **jimmurray** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:41 pm

Got a VS 2005 project which basically contains all the BL classes for an application. Problem we seem to have is if someone adds a new class to the project then the entire project is checked out to them exclusively which is causing us loads of problems. Is there an way around this?

Jim

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:01 pm

What version of Vault are you using, and if it's 4.x, which source control plugin, VS 2003 compatible or the 2005 client?

jimmurray · Post by **jimmurray** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:23 am

Latest version of vault with VS 2005 client.

jimmurray · Post by **jimmurray** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:10 am

Any ideas on this as it's basically making Vault unusable for us?

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:14 am

Does the user have the option set for Exclusive checkouts in Visual Studio->Tools->Options->Source Control->Options Page->Advanced Options->General?

jimmurray · Post by **jimmurray** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:36 am

'Always request exclusive locks' is checked.

Jim

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:08 am

Then I would suggest unchecking this, so that the files are not checked out exclusively, and other users can check them out.

You may also need to add the project file extension name to the list of mergeable files in the Vault Admin tool, under Repositories->RepositoryName->File Types. Files not on this list are considered binary and are checked out exclusively by default.