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RE: Document locked, won't release

From: Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:35:53 +0000 (GMT)

--- awoodjetts <adam.woodjetts_at_rentokil-initial.com>
wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Is this to prevent multiple users making changes at
> the same time, rather
> than preventing any changes being made?
>
> If this is the case my guess is off the mark, but it
> would also suggest that
> Paul has already fixed his issue without realizing
> it!
>
> Adam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Hardcastle
> [mailto:jd_hardcastle_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: 29 January 2008 16:17
> To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Document locked, won't release
>
> AFAIR
>
> The grey tick merely denotes that the file must be
> locked before it can be edited as set by the
> 'svn:needs-lock' property.
>
> --- Paul Moloney <paul_moloney_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I use a personal installation of Subversion to
> keep
> > track of Microsoft Word
> > files I edit, using TortoiseSVN as the client.
> Just
> > to note there's no
> > remote access; I'm the only one who edits the
> files.
> >
> > I have a problem I've never seen before; when I
> > opened a particularly file,
> > I found it displayed as "read-only". Checking the
> > document icon, it has a
> > grey tick which indicates that it's locked in
> > Subversion. I don't remember
> > locking it! :) Anyway, I tried checking the file's
> > TortoiseSVN context menu,
> > the only option was "Get Lock". For the sake of
> it,
> > I tried using "Get
> > Lock", then "Release Lock", but the file stills
> > stays read-only with a gray
> > tick icon.
> >
> > Any help appreciated,
> >
> > P.
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> >
>
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> .html
> > Sent from the tortoisesvn - users mailing list
> > archive at Nabble.com.
> >
> >

It is good news that his issue is resolved, probably
windows getting its undergarments in a twist..

but yes the flag is there to stop files that can not
be merged from being modified by multiple users - done
by requiring the user gain exclusive write access to
the file via a 'lock'

-----------------------
N: Jon Hardcastle
E: Jon_at_eHardcastle.com
'The writing is on the wall...'
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