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"can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Hi! I'm an SVN beginner, and this is my first time posting to this mailing
list. I know there's been tons of threads regarding the "can't get exclusive
lock" error, but my situation is slightly different and I was curious if
there was any way to solve it.
We are mainly PC based, and our best machine for running the svn server
(hard drive space and reliability) is a Windows Server 2003 machine. I set
it up on that and have been using SVN without any errors, until I tried to
work on and commit from one of our Macs. When using SVN from the PC I access
the server using file:///newdev/SVN, but on the Mac I have to use
file:///Volumes/newdev/SVN (mounting the network drive). I don't really
understand why I don't get any errors on the PC but all of a sudden the Mac
tries to do something that throws that error. I can check out files
perfectly fine on the Mac, but as soon as I try and commit I get the
infamous "can't get eclusive lock" message.
I'm obviously no expert on the matter, so if I'm doing something wrong
please call me out on it ;) I'd love to get this solved without having to
buy new hardware or move too much stuff around, so any feedback/suggestions
would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Nicolas
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Re: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Posted by NElizaga <ne...@planitagency.com>.
The official guide helped me figure out some of the specifics of setting up
the server, and more importantly showed me how to type out the svn path. So,
using the svn:// I no longer get those errors! Thanks for your help,
everyone!
-Nick
John Peacock-4 wrote:
>
> NElizaga wrote:
>> The funny thing is the machine is already running Apache, as well as the
>> svnserve service ;) I followed this guide:
>> http://www.ivantodorov.com/blog/?p=28
>> Are there specific steps to hook svnsever + Apache together?
>
> svnserve is an alternative to Apache. Both of them are server processes
> that
> exclusively access the repository files on the local drive. You should
> use one
> of them instead of accessing the repository files over the network (which
> isn't
> a good idea for exactly the reasons you've already noticed).
>
>> The path to the network drive is //newdev/SVN, so naturally I assumed it
>> would work like so: svn://newdev/SVN.
>
> I'm not going to download someone else's guide to Subversion, but the
> exact path
> to the files in the repository (through either svn:// or http://) depend
> completely on the configuration of the server process (svnserve and Apache
> respectively).
>
> You should probably read the official Subversion book:
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
>
> rather than relying on some random guy on the 'Net...
>
> John
>
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Re: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Posted by John Peacock <jo...@havurah-software.org>.
NElizaga wrote:
> The funny thing is the machine is already running Apache, as well as the
> svnserve service ;) I followed this guide:
> http://www.ivantodorov.com/blog/?p=28
> Are there specific steps to hook svnsever + Apache together?
svnserve is an alternative to Apache. Both of them are server processes that
exclusively access the repository files on the local drive. You should use one
of them instead of accessing the repository files over the network (which isn't
a good idea for exactly the reasons you've already noticed).
> The path to the network drive is //newdev/SVN, so naturally I assumed it
> would work like so: svn://newdev/SVN.
I'm not going to download someone else's guide to Subversion, but the exact path
to the files in the repository (through either svn:// or http://) depend
completely on the configuration of the server process (svnserve and Apache
respectively).
You should probably read the official Subversion book:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
rather than relying on some random guy on the 'Net...
John
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RE: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Posted by Keith Moore <Ke...@securency.com.au>.
If you are running svnserve then you should be accessing the repository using svn://newdev/svn rather than file://newdev/svn.
If you want to access the repository through apache then use http://newdev/svn.
I would only pick one method, however, and stick to it. I don't think it's a good idea to access a repository via multiple protocols (although I can't remember the reasons why).
Certainly svnserve or apache provide a more scalable solution than placing the repository on a network share and accessing it with the file:// url.
_________________________________________________________________
Keith Moore
-----Original Message-----
From: NElizaga [mailto:ne@planitagency.com]
Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:21
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: RE: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
The funny thing is the machine is already running Apache, as well as the
svnserve service ;) I followed this guide:
http://www.ivantodorov.com/blog/?p=28
Are there specific steps to hook svnsever + Apache together?
The path to the network drive is //newdev/SVN, so naturally I assumed it
would work like so: svn://newdev/SVN. No such luck, however. I suppose I
should ask our IT guy... which in itself is a bad idea, mainly the reason
I'm doing this and he's not haha. I had asked him about looking into SVN and
his response was basically "open source software sucks". Nice.
Thanks for you help!
-nick
kepboy999 wrote:
>
> In your situation it might be better to setup a subversion server rather
> than accessing the repository via the file:// url.
>
> Svnserve or Apache are relatively easy to install and configure. We use
> svnserve as a windows service on a windows server 2003 box. We've never
> had any problems with it.
>
> I know this doesn't answer your question but it does provide an
> alternative ;-)
> _________________________________________________________________
> Keith Moore
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NElizaga [mailto:ne@planitagency.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 10:29
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
>
>
> Hi! I'm an SVN beginner, and this is my first time posting to this mailing
> list. I know there's been tons of threads regarding the "can't get
> exclusive
> lock" error, but my situation is slightly different and I was curious if
> there was any way to solve it.
>
> We are mainly PC based, and our best machine for running the svn server
> (hard drive space and reliability) is a Windows Server 2003 machine. I set
> it up on that and have been using SVN without any errors, until I tried to
> work on and commit from one of our Macs. When using SVN from the PC I
> access
> the server using file:///newdev/SVN, but on the Mac I have to use
> file:///Volumes/newdev/SVN (mounting the network drive). I don't really
> understand why I don't get any errors on the PC but all of a sudden the
> Mac
> tries to do something that throws that error. I can check out files
> perfectly fine on the Mac, but as soon as I try and commit I get the
> infamous "can't get eclusive lock" message.
>
> I'm obviously no expert on the matter, so if I'm doing something wrong
> please call me out on it ;) I'd love to get this solved without having to
> buy new hardware or move too much stuff around, so any
> feedback/suggestions
> would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> -Nicolas
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RE: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Posted by NElizaga <ne...@planitagency.com>.
The funny thing is the machine is already running Apache, as well as the
svnserve service ;) I followed this guide:
http://www.ivantodorov.com/blog/?p=28
Are there specific steps to hook svnsever + Apache together?
The path to the network drive is //newdev/SVN, so naturally I assumed it
would work like so: svn://newdev/SVN. No such luck, however. I suppose I
should ask our IT guy... which in itself is a bad idea, mainly the reason
I'm doing this and he's not haha. I had asked him about looking into SVN and
his response was basically "open source software sucks". Nice.
Thanks for you help!
-nick
kepboy999 wrote:
>
> In your situation it might be better to setup a subversion server rather
> than accessing the repository via the file:// url.
>
> Svnserve or Apache are relatively easy to install and configure. We use
> svnserve as a windows service on a windows server 2003 box. We've never
> had any problems with it.
>
> I know this doesn't answer your question but it does provide an
> alternative ;-)
> _________________________________________________________________
> Keith Moore
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NElizaga [mailto:ne@planitagency.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 10:29
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
>
>
> Hi! I'm an SVN beginner, and this is my first time posting to this mailing
> list. I know there's been tons of threads regarding the "can't get
> exclusive
> lock" error, but my situation is slightly different and I was curious if
> there was any way to solve it.
>
> We are mainly PC based, and our best machine for running the svn server
> (hard drive space and reliability) is a Windows Server 2003 machine. I set
> it up on that and have been using SVN without any errors, until I tried to
> work on and commit from one of our Macs. When using SVN from the PC I
> access
> the server using file:///newdev/SVN, but on the Mac I have to use
> file:///Volumes/newdev/SVN (mounting the network drive). I don't really
> understand why I don't get any errors on the PC but all of a sudden the
> Mac
> tries to do something that throws that error. I can check out files
> perfectly fine on the Mac, but as soon as I try and commit I get the
> infamous "can't get eclusive lock" message.
>
> I'm obviously no expert on the matter, so if I'm doing something wrong
> please call me out on it ;) I'd love to get this solved without having to
> buy new hardware or move too much stuff around, so any
> feedback/suggestions
> would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> -Nicolas
> --
> View this message in context:
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RE: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Posted by Keith Moore <Ke...@securency.com.au>.
In your situation it might be better to setup a subversion server rather than accessing the repository via the file:// url.
Svnserve or Apache are relatively easy to install and configure. We use svnserve as a windows service on a windows server 2003 box. We've never had any problems with it.
I know this doesn't answer your question but it does provide an alternative ;-)
_________________________________________________________________
Keith Moore
-----Original Message-----
From: NElizaga [mailto:ne@planitagency.com]
Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2008 10:29
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: "can't get exclusive lock" error when attempting commit
Hi! I'm an SVN beginner, and this is my first time posting to this mailing
list. I know there's been tons of threads regarding the "can't get exclusive
lock" error, but my situation is slightly different and I was curious if
there was any way to solve it.
We are mainly PC based, and our best machine for running the svn server
(hard drive space and reliability) is a Windows Server 2003 machine. I set
it up on that and have been using SVN without any errors, until I tried to
work on and commit from one of our Macs. When using SVN from the PC I access
the server using file:///newdev/SVN, but on the Mac I have to use
file:///Volumes/newdev/SVN (mounting the network drive). I don't really
understand why I don't get any errors on the PC but all of a sudden the Mac
tries to do something that throws that error. I can check out files
perfectly fine on the Mac, but as soon as I try and commit I get the
infamous "can't get eclusive lock" message.
I'm obviously no expert on the matter, so if I'm doing something wrong
please call me out on it ;) I'd love to get this solved without having to
buy new hardware or move too much stuff around, so any feedback/suggestions
would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Nicolas
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