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Re: How to remove entire working directory

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-09-22 19:40:17 CEST

On 9/22/07, Alf Christophersen <alf.christophersen@medisin.uio.no> wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
> >
> > Just delete it using explorer. Nothing more complex than that. If the
> > files are read-only, you will be prompted as to whether you really
> > want to delete. Just answer 'yes to all'.
> >
> Couldn't "funny" things happen if you first lock all the files in the
> repository, and then delete the entire working copy which holds the
> locked files.
>
> How do we unlock that situation ?
> (Could be otherwise used to sabotage others work)

Unless you have a pre-lock hook script, any other user can steal the
lock away from that person.

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