Weaknesses
- Locking used to be the only mechanism for controlling access to files. This was typical for source control systems of that time period but would be considered a major weakness today. The most current implementation has become more robust, allowing concurrent development, conflict resolution and merge.
- Having a centralized server limits the ability to work in disconnected manner. Although, this is a failing of nearly all remote source control systems unless a local repository is created, giving the illusion of redundancy and source control, which will ultimately require a sync with the remote source control server at some point to submit any deltas.
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