RE: Zombie files prevent me from re-adding deleted file

Thanks a lot Kevin, I checked with the repo browser and you were right there is still a lock on this file.

Tomorrow, I'll give a try at the Python script to delete the zombie locks and also use it in post commit hook.

Thanks & regards,

Gael

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        From: kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com [mailto:kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com]
        Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:58 PM
        To: Marziou, Gael
        Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
        Subject: Re: Zombie files prevent me from re-adding deleted file

        "Marziou, Gael" <gael.marziou_at_hp.com> wrote on 10/28/2008 11:33:21 AM:
>
> A user has deleted a file from our SVN repository and now it's
> impossible for anybody to re-add this file again.
>
> Each time we commit, we get this error below which seems to mean that
> the file was not completely deleted and still exists as a kind of
> zombie.
>
>
> It happens for some other files that were also deleted by this
> particular user.
>
> Our repository is running on Windows 2003 using SVN 1.4.6 and fsfs.
>
> I looked at the doc and the FAQ but did not find any admin command
> that would help me to find and fix these zombies.

        There is a contrib python script that can help:

        http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/contrib/hook-scripts/remove-zombie-locks.py

        Or, if you are using tortoiseSVN, use the repo-browser, set the
        revision to the one prior to where the file was deleted and select
        the file and select "break lock".

        Zombie locks occur when a file that has been "locked" is deleted.
        (And svn does not unlock it when it is committed.)

        Kevin R.

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