Locking binary files using git version control system

Question

For one and a half years, I have been keeping my eyes on the git community in hopes of making the switch away from SVN. One particular issue holding me back is the inabilit

Answer 1

What about cad files? If the files aren't locked, to be kept read-only as well, most cad programms would just open them an change arbitrary bits, seen as a new file by any vcs. So in my view, locking is an ideal means for communicating your intend to change some particalur file. As well, it prevents some Software to gain write access in the first place. This allows updates of the local files, without the need to close the software or at least all files entirely.