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Re: In search of a version control system

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Oct 8, 2012, 18:30 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
>> So, is it possible to lock a file while someone work on it ?
>
> No, and I honestly think it's a bad idea.

If you work on non-mergeable files (e.g. *.doc files. There are merge tools for MS Word and LibreOffice, but my experience with them was not really pleasant), then file locking is indeed not such a bad idea.

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