Name
svn lock — Lock working copy paths or URLs in the repository so that no other user can commit changes to them.
Synopsis
svn lock TARGET
...
Description
Lock each TARGET
. If any
TARGET
is already locked by another user,
print a warning and continue locking the rest of the
TARGET
s. Use --force
to
steal a lock from another user or working copy.
Alternate names
None.
Changes
Working copy, repository.
Accesses repository
Yes.
Options
--encodingENC
--file (-F)FILE
--force --force-log --message (-m)TEXT
--targetsFILENAME
Examples
Lock two files in your working copy:
$ svn lock tree.jpg house.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'. 'house.jpg' locked by user 'harry'.
Lock a file in your working copy that is currently locked by another user:
$ svn lock tree.jpg svn: warning: Path '/tree.jpg is already locked by user 'sally in \ filesystem '/var/svn/repos/db' $ svn lock --force tree.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'.
Lock a file without a working copy:
$ svn lock http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/tree.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'.
For further details, see Locking.
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