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RE: Setting “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a folder in repository

From: Bob Archer <bob.archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:06:14 -0500

> I am trying to set “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a
> folder inside
> a repository. One of my project teams needs to be notified to lock
> the file
> before editing it from a particular folder. They want to do this on
> the
> server itself rather than the working copy in eclipse.
>
> I could set this property recursively on all the revisions using
> following
> command
>
> svn propset svn:needs-lock --revprop –r ‘HEAD’ yes –R
> file://var/svn/repos1/folder1
>
> (above command is for example, I actually created a small script to
> recursively set this property on all the revisions)
>
> I made sure this property set by using “svn propget” command and
> also
> looking at the revision property file in “db” directory. It looks
> good
> there.
>
> When I checkout the folder in eclipse it is checked out in
> Read/Write mode,

svn:needs-lock needs to be a versioned property not a revprop. That is probably why it isn't working.

BOb

> where I expect it to be in Read Only mode. I could not find the
> reason for
> this. I am not able to figure out what wrong I am doing. Can
> someone please
> explain how to set this property on repository & make sure it is
> inherited
> by each new revision automatically?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
>
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