From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Subject: Re: In search of a version control system
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In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0kCbLxPMbxh=CLAE8UkkNFNqDa1QbtdM_-Q+Qr3SRh46Q@mail.gmail.com>

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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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/