Notification when multiple programmers have retrieved same source member into different branches

Question

Hi,

We are using BitBucket Server, with RPG code.

We want to know how BitBucket can alert us if multiple programmers have retrieved the same source membr into different branches.

E.g Programmer 1 retrieves source member RPG001 int FT Branch #001

Programmer 2 retrieves source member RPG001 into FT Branch #002

How does Programmer 2 know that Programmer 1 is working on a version of the source code RPG001 from the Master?

The danger is that changes to Master are overwritten because programmers are unaware of other changes in progress to the same source code.

The only excpetion to this is when the same line of code  is changed, BitBucket will report a conflict.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Best Regards,

Peter

Peter John Lyons · Answer

Hi All,

FYI i discussed this topic with the team here with the following results: -

Hi, Bitbucket does not natively notify users when someone else modifies the same file they are working on unless a merge conflict occurs during a pull request or merge attempt -

Here's a breakdown of what Bitbucket does and what options you might consider: What Bitbucket Does by Default Merge Conflict Detection: Bitbucket will alert you if there is a merge conflict when you try to merge a pull request. No Notification Without Conflict: If two users edit the same file but in different parts (so no conflict arises), Bitbucket will not notify the second user unless they manually check the commit history or diffs. Possible Workarounds Branch Protection and Pull Request Reviews: You can enforce pull request reviews and require approvals before merging. This way, reviewers might catch overlapping changes. Custom Repository Hooks: Developers can use git log, git blame, or Bitbucket's file history view to see who last modified a file.

Best Regards,

Peter

Peter John Lyons · Answer

Hi Ben,

OK thanks for this.  I look forward to hearing from the the BB Server community (is that a dedicated support team and/or only Server Users?).

Best Regards,

Peter

Ben · Answer

Hi @Peter John Lyons

My apologies - I misread your message and did not realise you were referring to Server (as the tags used for this post/deployment type are both cloud). I'm unable to provide assistance with server so I'll leave this question open to our community. I've changed the tags to server so that these show to server users.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)