Locking is not needed as long as you have conflict detection. It might be a bit annoying, depending on UI, but at least it won't result in data loss. (Note tha

Locking is not needed as long as you have conflict detection. It might be a bit annoying, depending on UI, but at least it won't result in data loss. (Note that local locking can be helpful to prevent simulatenous modifications by editor and sync tool; but unfortunately Linux ecosystem is not designed with such locking in mind)