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

Git is not providing any command to lock files but I've fund a way to achieve that function using git hooks. An auxiliary server is needed to store the lock informations. We can use a pre-commit hook to check if any of the committed files is locked. And if anyone locks a file, a program should tell the auxiliary server the information of the locker and the locked file.