[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: can not delete folder because lock

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2010d_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:29:23 -0500

On Oct 18, 2010, at 09:14, netvampire.tw wrote:

> I use Subversion 1.6.13 recently, we want to delete a folder but fail.The
> error message said there is a file name xxxx is locked by someone. try to
> release lock or steal lock.
> But the file already didn't exist. So we can not lock it. what happened to us?
> How could we do? thanks.~

Yes, there is a bug or unexpected feature that Subversion allows locked files to be deleted but does not remove the locks.

This was discussed once before, here:

http://old.nabble.com/Zombie-files-prevent-me-from-re-adding-deleted-file-td20210870.html

The above thread references a contributed script you can use to clean up these forgotten locks.
Received on 2010-10-18 16:30:04 CEST

This is an archived mail posted to the Subversion Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.