Re: post-commit question

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 06:01:34AM -0700, Jeff Lanzarotta wrote:
>
> As you can see, it is a simple script. It is suppose to
> automatically update the LatestAndGreatest working copy of the
> repository and email information to the needed recipients.
>
> The problem I am having is that the call to 'svn update' hangs.

This is probably a locking issue:

        My *theory*:

The commit has a write lock on the repo, and your script waits
for the write lock to be released so it can grab a read lock
to do the update.
But the commit will keep the write lock until it is done, i.e.
until the commit has succeeded and your script has been executed.
So you have a deadlock.

You could update the working copy periodically from a cron job instead.

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