This is what people actually do in practice when collaborating on large non-code documents. The example I’m familiar with is assets in the video games industry

This is what people actually do in practice when collaborating on large non-code documents. The example I’m familiar with is assets in the video games industry. Everyone used Perforce (or maybe SVN) and artists/designers lock the 3D model or whatever they’re editing. People ask each other to give up a lock all the time.