file locking is not a show-stopper like the problems i have found with svn. it's really just a matter of communication and this is something that we can easily implement in a our own custom setup based on an app like git.
here's a question-answer session about file locking in git: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/119444/locking-binary-files-using-git-version-control-system . many people favor the same branch configuration that you suggest. -chad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Yours, Maya-Python Club Team. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
