[ros-dev] Re: locking files for the audit.

[art yerkes]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:15:04 +0100
"Klemens Friedl" <frik85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, i tried it out on "winver" and i want to add some notes to the
> instructions:
> 
> 1) Right click on the file / directory you want to unlock, navigate to
> tortoiseSVN and select 'check for modifications'
> 
> 2) click on the "check repository" button
> 
> 3) Select the file(s) you want to unlock, right click and select 'break
> the lock'. SVN will automatically contact the repo and unlock the files.
> 
> 4) Remove the svn:needs-lock property from the files (right-click ->
> "Properties"
>     -> "Subversion" tab -> select the entry and click "remove").
> 
> 5) And finally, "commit" the audited files to ensure they are no
> longer checked out as read only.
> 

Some further notes:

I needed to upgrade to a 1.3 client since my previous one didn't support
the lock command.

You need to own the lock first before removing the needs-lock property.
do this like 'svn lock --force foo.c'
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