SVN lock a directory

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Sorry if this is a duplicate, I didn’t find the right answer still..

How do you lock a svn directory from command line? I need to lock a branch from checkins

Edit:
All of these answers I've found require the person to access the svn server. Thats not an option for me. I work in a company where the source control machine is literally locked in a vault. Gainning access to change auth rules is a process I can't work out ATM.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4064229/svn-lock-branch – easel Mar 20 '11 at 04:37 — easel, Mar 20 '11 at 04:37

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '11 at 04:37

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You can't lock a directory. You can create authorization rules that will prohibit write access to directories. This is typically how this type of thing is done. You could also use a pre-commit hook but I think Subversion's authz is best. Here is a link:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html

answered Mar 20 '11 at 04:37

Jeremy Whitlock

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Is there a way to set this up via script and without having to edit the authz file? I need to BLOCK a directory temporarily to avoid accidental deletion (for instance when doing a svn rm operation). – runlevel0 Sep 05 '14 at 11:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '14 at 19:10

I recently solved this by a solution inspired by http://www.noah.org/engineering/olden/svn_directory_lock.html

The particular python script in that post is overkill, but I put the following in the pre-commit hook for my repsoitory:

#!/bin/sh

err() { echo ${1+"$@"} 1>&2; } # stderr is sent to user

REPOS="$1"
TXN="$2"

SVNLOOK=/usr/bin/svnlook

# Make sure there is a log message.
#
$SVNLOOK log -t "$TXN" "$REPOS" | grep -q "[a-zA-Z0-9]" 
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
  err "ERROR: Must enter a log message for this commit!"
  exit 1
fi

# Usage: locked_dir dir [transaction_id]
locked_dir()
{
  if [ -z "$2" ]; then _tid=""; else _tid="-t $2"; fi
  $SVNLOOK propget $_tid "$REPOS" lock "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
}

for d in $($SVNLOOK dirs-changed -t "$TXN" "$REPOS")
do
  locked_before=$(locked_dir $d)
  locked_tx=$(locked_dir $d "$TXN")

  if [ $locked_before = $locked_tx -a $locked_tx = true  ]
  then
    err "ERROR: Directory $d is locked. Delete lock before you commit."
    exit 1
  fi
done

# All checks passed, so allow the commit.
exit 0

So now, you can simply use the "svn propset" and commit to create a "lock" property for a directory that you want to lock.

You mentioned a python file, where and how I can see and download the file? — Heinz, Mar 09 '20 at 18:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '23 at 15:27

Here is an approach to lock a folder using a batch script.

SVN check out the directory you want to lock using the command

svn checkout DIRECTORY_TO_LOCK_SVN_URL LOCAL_DIRECTORY

Iterate over all files in the LOCAL_DIRECTORY and run the SVN lock command on each file.

Batch: iterate all files in a directory using a 'for' loop.

svn lock -m LOCK_MESSAGE FILE_PATH

Clean up and delete LOCAL_DIRECTORY.

SVN lock a directory

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