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Every time I try to commit any file in Tortoise SVN the following message shows up: "... is locked in another working copy". Ive already done the cleanup, but the problem remains. Someone knows what should I doto fix it?

Appreciate any helpenter image description here

Daniel Vaisman
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    Possible duplicate of [SVN frequently says file is locked by me in another working copy](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21862134/svn-frequently-says-file-is-locked-by-me-in-another-working-copy) – Max Vollmer May 20 '18 at 01:13

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Options you can try:

1 - Try selecting the break lock option during clean up. Select the break lock option

2 - Try to steal the lock. Look at the image. Try to steal the lock This will show you the lock status and should allow you to steal the lock and commit.

3 - You can "break the lock" at the server. I am not sure how to do this using the GUI but following is the command:

svn unlock --force http://svn.example.com/repos/project/trunk/somefile.txt
'somefile.txt' unlocked.
Siddharth Kaul
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  • the problem remains :/ – Daniel Vaisman May 20 '18 at 17:43
  • What do you mean saying "steal the lock"? – Daniel Vaisman May 20 '18 at 22:57
  • What is happening is the file is locked in another working copy. A working copy that might not be owned by you... In process anybody can take the lock...So by stealing the lock you take the lock in your current working copy and then you can try breaking the lock and cleaning it up... It should definitely work... – Siddharth Kaul May 21 '18 at 09:17
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    Problem solved. I clicked in TortoiseSVN -> Get lock... Then I selected the files with the option Steal the lock. After that, I clicked in Realeased the lock... And all the users were finally able to edit. – Daniel Vaisman May 21 '18 at 14:30
  • The command `svn unlock --force http://...` works for me. 亲测有效。 – qiangbro Nov 22 '19 at 04:04