Re: locking directories

On May 2, 2006, at 13:33, Sebastien LEDUC wrote:

> it seems svn's lock command works only for files and not for
> directories:
> svn lock file://myrepos/mydirectory
> svn: 'mydirectory' is not a file in filesystem '/myrepos/db'
>
> I am looking for a way to temporarily forbid any commit from other
> people in a particular directory (and all its subdirectories).

You could write a pre-commit hook preventing modifications to that
directory.

Here's an example which blocks any changes to any directory called
"tags"; you could use it as a basis for your script.

http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2004-08/0556.shtml

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