Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Name
pre-unlock — Notification of a path unlock attempt.
Description
The pre-unlock hook
runs whenever someone attempts to remove a lock on a file. It can be
used to create policies that specify which users are allowed to unlock
particular paths. It’s particularly important for determining policies
about lock breakage. If user A locks a file, is user B allowed to
break the lock? What if the lock is more than a week old? These sorts
of things can be decided and enforced by the hook.
If the pre-unlock hook
program returns a nonzero exit value, the unlock action is aborted and
anything printed to stderr is
marshaled back to the client.
Input parameter(s)
The command-line arguments passed to the hook program, in order, are:
Repository path
Versioned path that is to be locked
Authenticated username of the person attempting the lock
Common uses
Access control.