[thelist] Subversion locking

Jon Molesa rjmolesa at consoltec.net
Thu Oct 18 18:37:18 CDT 2007


Well, I was starting more simply.  Just check out a copy to a new folder
first.  If the files there are editable then you 'should' be able to
copy the modified one from the hosed dir over that one.  Then update,
blow the old dir away, after making a local backup.

*On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 11:29:51AM +1300 Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett at wcc.govt.nz> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:29:51 +1300
> From: "Paul Bennett" <Paul.Bennett at wcc.govt.nz>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Subversion locking
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> You mean check out the problem folder to a new dir and then copy the results into the existing client copy, or check back in from the new dir (to see if that clears the error)? 
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Jon Molesa
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:28 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Subversion locking
> 
> Have her to try to do a checkout to a new directory.
> 
> *On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 11:11:29AM +1300 Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett at wcc.govt.nz> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:11:29 +1300
> > From: "Paul Bennett" <Paul.Bennett at wcc.govt.nz>
> > To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> > Subject: [thelist] Subversion locking
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > We've got an SVN repository and work with a local copy of our site. All has been going fine until a couple, of days ago for my colleague.
> > 
> > >From what I can tell, she has an old lock file on her client setup which is preventing her checking in / updating form one particular directory.
> > 
> > I can check in and update the dir, so we know the repository is ok, but I'm guessing something failed (network outage or the like) during one of her commits, leaving the client thinking that the dir was still locked.
> > 
> > Is there a way we can remove the lock file? Cleaning up the entire repository copy fails when it hits the dir that is supposedly 'locked'.
> > 
> > Release locks also fails.
> > 
> > Has anyone struck this before? Any workarounds? I'm checking the documentation and faq's but with little luck yet.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help / pointers,
> > Paul
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