Best Practice For Working on Composite In Team

Hello,
I would like to know what is the best practice for working on a single composite by mutiple members in a team.
We have a core services module wherein a single composite contains many services. So, to complete in time, we would like many members to work on it simultaneously.
In such scenarios, if some one adds a new adapter or some other services, composite.xml changes.
Saving it would override other member's changes. Also, it is not possible to apply lock simultaneously on the same file through some version control mechanism.
Please let us know what should be the best practice in such scenarios.
Thanks-
Ashish

You can very well use a version control software with JDev. You may refer -
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/soa/jimerson-config-soa-355383.html
I think without version control mechanism (like subversion) it won't be easy to work in a multi-developer environment. If you really don't have a source and version control mechanism then manual merging will be required which may be error prone and time & effort consuming.
Regards,
Anuj

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