svn for managing art (binary) assets?

Hi, does svn have a lock feature (through a read-only flag for example)?

I can't think of a way to relyably manage art or binary data unless this
feature exists...

I'd want to be able to turn this on per folder (or better yet), per
file... I'm guessing the repos would keep this bit, and when you svn
checkout you'd get a read-only copy, that you'd have to unlock before
editing using some svn command (maybe unlock or some other keyword)...

I'm evaluating svn for use, but if it can't manage binary files so that I
don't get conflicts on binary files, then it wont work for me (source safe
has this and is the only reason it is "ok" - though I hate SS for all other
reasons and would like to use cvs/svn style tools)...

I'm open to other ways of locking or managing these types of assets if svn
already has some method. but I need something that protects non-technical
users (artists) from mistakes...

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