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Bug 44714

Summary:	[CVS Watch/Edit] Edit not removed if modified file is not saved
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	lorenzo <l.bolzani>
Component:	Team	Assignee:	Platform Team Inbox <platform-team-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P4	Keywords:	helpwanted
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description lorenzo

2003-10-12 06:34:38 EDT

Hi,
if I modify a file I get added to editors list. If I close the file without
saving  I remain listed as editor.
This info is visible only in the cvs editors view, that I usually do not use
very often, or by the small man icon.

I think one solution is to remove the edit if the file is closed without saving.
Another one is to add an option to synchronize view to also show file in edit
state (only edited by current user or by everyone). So when you commit new
changes you are sure not to leave something "locked".

Comment 1 lorenzo

2003-10-12 13:22:22 EDT

The same happens when:
- you organize import in a file where imports are already ok
- if you format an already formatted file
- if you make a refactor->rename, ask for preview and then cancel the refactor
(here all files involved in the refactoring are marked edited).

The problem is made worst by the fact that the cvs editor does not support
refresh, column sorting, right click to unedit, visualization of file icon (so
the be able to see if this is a real edit (with black box with white star) of a
false edit.

Comment 2 Michael Valenta

2005-05-06 17:18:49 EDT

This bug has not been touched for 2 years. Closing as WONTFIX. Please reopen if 
you feel this is still an important issue.

Comment 3 Simon Field

2005-05-09 05:42:33 EDT

I would like to see the status of this changed back to an open issue. I work on 
a large project which uses cvs for team working and stale edit locks can be 
very irritating. The solution that uses the synchronize view seems the best one 
to me.

Comment 4 Michael Valenta

2005-05-09 09:15:05 EDT

Reopening

Comment 5 Michael Valenta

2005-05-09 09:15:52 EDT

Reopening on request. However, there is currently no plan to address this 
issue.

Comment 6 Jean-Yves TOUMIT

2005-05-09 09:21:35 EDT

It's an important issue for me as well, actually some developers in our
development team sometimes come to ignore "old" edits because they know that
there are a lot of stale ones.
I do think that the synchronize view solution is the best as well because it
leaves the choice to the user instead of performing automatic unedits which
could be wrong, and it would provide a quick view of all currently edited files
that haven't really been touched. This could be activated through a special
option in the synchronize view so that "normal" users would not be bugged by
this new function?

Comment 7 Denis Roy

2009-08-30 02:18:20 EDT

As of now 'LATER' and 'REMIND' resolutions are no longer supported.
Please reopen this bug if it is still valid for you.