Re: svn commit still holds locks when server-side post-commit runs

Markus Kuhn wrote:
> I am using svn 1.4.4 (SUSE Linux 10.3) with a server-side post-commit
> hook script that (under some circumstances) calls an svn update in the
> same working directory in which I executed the svn commit. In that case,
> I get an error message from the svn update, complaining that it cannot
> acquire locks on the working directory.

Yeah, don't do that. ;-)

You can fork the update (and sleep a second or two) to allow the client
to finish, but it is really a Very Bad Idea(TM) to have server-side
updates firing into the same WC as the commit came from. That usually
means your workflow process is sub-optimal.

> Shouldn't "svn commit" have released all its locks on the working
> directory by the time the post-commit script is executed on the server?

No, because commit isn't complete until the server returns from the
post-commit hook. QED

John

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Received on 2008-09-04 17:33:09 CEST