If you change an interface, and someone else adds a new client to the interface locking does not help. So file based locking does not guarantee that merge conf

If you change an interface, and someone else adds a new client to the interface locking does not help. So file based locking does not guarantee that merge conflicts won't occur. Managing essential merge issues relates to success at dividing work up into highly cohesive, loosely coupled units. The accidental merge issues are not a big deal in good environments.