# CVS Watch/Edit

The following preferences can be changed on the Team > CVS > Watch/Edit preference page.

Option | Description | Default
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Configure projects to use Watch/edit on checkout | Use this option to indicate that files checked out out from the repository should be made read-only. | Disabled
Enable temporary watches on edit | Use this option to receive a notification whenever a user starts to edit a file that you are currently editing. | Disabled
When read-only files are modified in an editor | Use this option to configure what occurs when a read-only file is modified in an open editor or by another tool. The options are: Send a cvs edit notification to the server: Issues a cvs edit notification to the server before making the file writable. If other editors exist on the file, you will be prompted and may continue or cancel. Send a cvs edit notification to the server in the background: Issues a cvs edit notification to the server in the background after making the file writable. This allows you to keep typing uninterrupted while the edit notification is sent to the server. Edit the file without informing the server: Makes the file read-only without notifying the server. | Send a cvs edit notification to the server in the background
Before a CVS edit notification is sent to the server | Use this option to configure what occurs when a cvs edit notification needs to be send to the server. The options are: Always Prompt: Always prompt for confirmation. Only prompt if there are other editors: Shows the user the list of current editors and allows you to confirm or cancel the edit. Never Prompt: Send the edit notification without prompting | Only prompt if there are other editors
Update edited files | Use this option to configure what occurs before editing a file. The options are: Always update before editing: Always update a file before editing. Prompt to update if out of date: Prompt for confirmation of update only if a file is out of date. Never update: Never update a file before editing. | Never update

Here is what the preference page looks like:

Watch/Edit

Finding out who's working on what: watch/edit