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Re: Inconsistent locks between working copy and repository

From: Michalis Karatzas <michalis.karatzas_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-04-13 11:56:22 CEST

On 4/13/06, Michalis Karatzas <michalis.karatzas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/13/06, Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> wrote:
> > On 4/12/06, Michalis Karatzas <michalis.karatzas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 4/11/06, Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> wrote:
> > > > On 4/10/06, Michalis Karatzas <michalis.karatzas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > ------
> > > > > setup
> > > > > ------
> > > > >
> > > > > I setup a svn repository accessible throw apache2 http for the
> > > > > needs of a project.The project has a lot of binary files so we
> > > > > end up using the Lock/Modify/Unlock mode and this lead me to
> > > > > write some hook scripts to force the users to work in that mode
> > > > > (e.g. All file in the repository has to have a needs-lock
> > > > > property set, every change on the repository must be on files
> > > > > locked by the transaction owner, etc)
> > > > > All the svn clients access the repository throw http and apache2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------
> > > > > The problem:
> > > > > ------------
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > A repository user locks a file ( fileA ) and moves to fileB:
> > > > > >svn lock fileA
> > > > > >svn move fileA fileB
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > So far all is ok.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > When the user commits the changes and the pre-commit fails, so
> > > > > the transaction fails, the locks between the working copy and
> > > > > the repository are inconsistent. ( e.g. the lock on
> > > > > the fileA at repository have been released ! )
> > > >
> > > > I just tried to reproduce this here, and it looks like a bug to me.
> > > > If you could file an issue that would be great. Note that it doesn't
> > > > require apache + mod_dav_svn, you can get the same behavior with
> > > > ra_local.
> > > >
> > > > -garrett
> > > >
> > > thank you Garrett for the reply.
> > >
> > > I spend some more time on this and
> > > i wondering if there are two bugs here:
> > >
> > > 1. Inside pre-commit script the "svnlook lock" or "svnadmin lslocks"
> > > does not list the lock on the file.
> > >
> > > 2. In case of using ra_dav, after the unsuccessful commit
> > > the lock is released form the repository.
> > >
> > > Can please anyone try to reproduce the second one, so I can be sure
> > > before I file those issues?
> >
> > If I had to guess I'd say it's probably a single root cause, so I'd
> > just file one issue and mention both points in it.
> >
> > -garrett
> >
> so far I'm sure there is bug ( i can't identify the sub-module ),
> I'll file one issue mention both points., as Garrett proposed
>
> I tried to reproduce the problem with ra_local , but I can't.
> On my server the problem occur only when using ra_dav.
>
> thank you all for your time.
> michalis
>
I just file the an issue with ID 2534

-michalis

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