Re: Branching a locked project

On 23 August 2012 15:12, Gerald Britton <gerald.britton_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I used the Tortoise SVN "Get Lock" command to lock a project that I want to use as a template for others (so that only I or another admin can update it). I committed the change then, to test it, branched it to create a new project.
>
> I was surprised to find that the files in the new project all had the read-only property set. Since commits to the new project would not affect the template (though a merge-reintegrate would, of course), I had thought that the new branch would begin life on its own -- unlocked!
>
> Is this working as expected?

Presumably you set the svn:needs-lock property, which is what causes
the read-only status. When you copy a project you also copy its
properties.

So yes, you're right a new branch does start life unlocked, and
because you don't hold a lock you get a read-only copy. You have to
Get Lock in order to make it writeable. Or you need to remove the
svn:needs-lock property from those files.

Simon

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