Problem
I could not update or commit a certain folder in my subversion project using subclipse in eclipse.Symptoms
Both commit and update failed with the error:
svn: Working copy 'path/to/folder/that/was/not/working' locked; try performing 'cleanup'
I also got warnings that the directory was not under version control.
To get this problem, I had copied files from one project to another (in the file system not in subclipse). Although I deleted the .svn directory after copying, I still ran into this issue.
Solution
On the command line,cd to the project directory and run svn cleanup as in:cd path/to/folder/that/was/not/workingsvn cleanupThe problem should go away!
I think why it happens, because when you open Open Office file, for example, it leaves a .~fileName copy. So when you commit the file and the .~fileName is not removed, it will lock the the file in repository. You need to make sure that the .~fileName copy doesn't exist before committing. So remove that .~... copy and recommit the file.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense—that maybe there were other hidden files somewhere, ruining everything.
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