How to lock a folder in SVN - with tortoiseSVN client

Question

I have couple of folders in SVN which I want to lock from other users to avoid accidental commit , I know we can lock files but looking for an option to lock a folder , I am using tortoiseSVN (TortoiseSVN 1.9.7, Build 27907 - 64 Bit , 2017/08/08 19:34:38)

Any idea ?

Right-click folder->Tortoise SVN->Get lock... doesn't work for you? — Ken White, Feb 27 '18 at 17:30
Just out of curiosity, why aren't you doing this with account privileges (giving them only read-access) instead of locking? — Ken White, Feb 27 '18 at 21:59

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 09:25

It is not possible to lock a directory within SVN (see here). Therefore, TortoiseSVN cannot offer this option. You could take a look at path based access control http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html Or this answer which describes a python script to create a similar behavior.

How to lock a folder in SVN - with tortoiseSVN client

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