Why do I keep getting 'SVN: Working Copy XXXX locked; try performing 'cleanup'?
If you have worked with SVN tools in Eclipse (Subversion, subversive) before, then you are likely familiar with the 'working copy 'XXX' locked..." error.
I found a very useful post with a workaround for this problem at: Working copy XXX locked and cleanup failed in SVN
As great as the workaround is, it is a pain to do it over and over again. Does anyone know why I keep getting this error and what steps I could take to prevent it?
Context: I am creating an Eclipse plugin that involves listening for SVN events, so in testing this plugin, I am constantly opening and closing the workspace. I usually do 1 or 2 commits each time I open the workspace. Every so often the commit will fail and I get the 'working copy locked' error. I would love for this error to not happen anymore, so any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
Solution 1:
- Select the project
- Right click on the selected Project
- Team -> Cleanup
Problem Solved.
Note: The Above steps will work only Eclipse(Indigo package)
Solution 2:
Generally a .lock file is created and it decides lock/unlock state checking the existince of this file. I think if you delete this .lock file only, then the problem will go away.
Solution 3:
I've had a lot of issues with SVN before and one thing that has definitely caused me problems is modifying files outside of Eclipse or manually deleting folders (which contains the .svn folders), that has probably given me the most trouble.
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You should also be careful not to interrupt SVN operations, though sometimes a bug may occur and this could cause the .lock file to not be removed, and hence your error.