Re: SVN Switch with file open in Flash MX results in failure andbroken WC

Steve Spencer wrote:
> We have a .fla file open in Flash MX, which maintains an OS-level file
> lock. We switch our working copy from the 1.1 branch of our project to
> the 1.0 branch.
>
> This results in the error message "Can't remove file X - the process
> can't access the file because it was being used by another process".
>
> The working copy is now broken because one folder is left with the
> wrong repository path which requires manual intervention to fix and
> this reduces confidence in the reliability of SVN.
>
> (The same should happen with Excel XLS files, which, like FLA, are
> binary and are locked when open)
>
> This might be an SVN bug, but the Tortoise version is 1.2.4, build 4479
> - 32bit; SVN 1.2.3.
>
> Could Tortoise/Svn obtain a lock on ALL files during the operation?
> Should this not be possible, the operation could fail without any
> changes taking place.

TortoiseSVN uses the subversion libraries to handle all working copy
access, so you need to report that on the subversion mailing list. It
may well be a known problem (but a nasty one!).

Simon

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