Equivalent to SVN lock

[David Timothy Strauss]

I don't think it's possible to implement an equivalent for a distributed VCS. It might be possible to have the lock span checkouts from the same repository, but that's not a model that could extend beyond. 

----- "Lionel Dricot" <zeploum at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello, 
> 
> Here at work, we have a big binary file (shame on us, it's an Excel file) that should be regularly updated by some people. 
> 
> This file is on a SVN repository and, in order to avoid conflict, we use svn lock feature : 
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.ref.svn.c.lock.html 
> 
> The workflow is then : 
> 
> svn update 
> svn lock xls file 
> update the file 
> svn commit 
> svn unlock 
> 
> 
> Is there any equivalent in Bzr (I didn't found one) or any workflow that would allow us to edit the file ? 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> Lionel 
> 
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