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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Paul Maddox <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com> on 2006/03/14 14:21:38 UTC
Problem with deleteing files
All,
We've had a couple of odd things crop up.
I've tried to delete a file, and perform a commit.
there's a bit of history around this, so I'll explain..
once upon a time, there was a branch with a directory structure.
When doing a merge and re-branch some kind user forgot to drop their locks.
Anyway, after the branch, the file was subsequently deleted.
Now if I try and remove this old directory I get an error, saying I can't
because the file is currently locked by another user, even though the file
is no longer there.
I get this ;-
---------------------------------------------------
Error commit failed
User paul does now own lock on path
'/monkey/myproject/branches/development/documentation/spec.doc'
(currently locked by idiotuser2)
---------------------------------------------------
I can't 'get' or 'steal' the locks because, well there's nothing there to
get or steal!
I've tried creating a file with the same name, commiting, 'dropping the
locks, and trying to delete again, but I get the same error.
we're using tortoise SVN on the clients and the server is using SVN version
1.2.3
Can anyone offer any advice.
Paul
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Re: Problem with deleteing files
Posted by Paul Maddox <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com>.
Karl,
Indeed I did, and at the time I didn't have the full information that was
asked.
As it was a long time agai, I thought I'd re-ask the question, WITH the
complete information.
I must say, I am TOTALLY dismayed at the complete lack of help, and
overwhelmed by the amount of 'winging' about correct 'ettiquette' for
threading.
I would appreciate some help with this soloution, if you CANNOT help, then
please please, don't winge and complain about my posts.
Paul
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To: "Paul Maddox" <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com>
Cc: <us...@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with deleteing files
> Meta-comment:
>
> Paul, you posted this in another thread, please see:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/mailing-list-guidelines.html#fresh-post
>
> Thanks,
> -Karl
>
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>
> "Paul Maddox" <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com> writes:
>> We've had a couple of odd things crop up.
>> I've tried to delete a file, and perform a commit.
>>
>> there's a bit of history around this, so I'll explain..
>> once upon a time, there was a branch with a directory structure.
>> When doing a merge and re-branch some kind user forgot to drop their
>> locks.
>> Anyway, after the branch, the file was subsequently deleted.
>>
>> Now if I try and remove this old directory I get an error, saying I
>> can't because the file is currently locked by another user, even
>> though the file is no longer there.
>> I get this ;-
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Error commit failed
>> User paul does now own lock on path
>> '/monkey/myproject/branches/development/documentation/spec.doc'
>> (currently locked by idiotuser2)
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I can't 'get' or 'steal' the locks because, well there's nothing there
>> to get or steal!
>> I've tried creating a file with the same name, commiting, 'dropping
>> the locks, and trying to delete again, but I get the same error.
>>
>> we're using tortoise SVN on the clients and the server is using SVN
>> version 1.2.3
>>
>> Can anyone offer any advice.
>>
>> Paul
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Re: Problem with deleteing files
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
Meta-comment:
Paul, you posted this in another thread, please see:
http://subversion.tigris.org/mailing-list-guidelines.html#fresh-post
Thanks,
-Karl
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"Paul Maddox" <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com> writes:
> We've had a couple of odd things crop up.
> I've tried to delete a file, and perform a commit.
>
> there's a bit of history around this, so I'll explain..
> once upon a time, there was a branch with a directory structure.
> When doing a merge and re-branch some kind user forgot to drop their locks.
> Anyway, after the branch, the file was subsequently deleted.
>
> Now if I try and remove this old directory I get an error, saying I
> can't because the file is currently locked by another user, even
> though the file is no longer there.
> I get this ;-
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Error commit failed
> User paul does now own lock on path
> '/monkey/myproject/branches/development/documentation/spec.doc'
> (currently locked by idiotuser2)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I can't 'get' or 'steal' the locks because, well there's nothing there
> to get or steal!
> I've tried creating a file with the same name, commiting, 'dropping
> the locks, and trying to delete again, but I get the same error.
>
> we're using tortoise SVN on the clients and the server is using SVN
> version 1.2.3
>
> Can anyone offer any advice.
>
> Paul
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Re: Problem with deleteing files
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
"Paul Maddox" <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com> writes:
> > Please do not hijack threads. You probably did not do this
> > intentionally, but you chose to reply to a message from Michael Hipp
> > with the subject "Re: 'svn cleanup' no workie" which causes it to be
> > filed as part of that thread.
>
> my appologies, I assumed the mail software was more intelligent.
That's exactly the problem -- the mail software *is* more intelligent:
it doesn't rely on only the Subject line, it also uses other metadata
that you normally don't see. This allows people to change the subject
of thread while preserving the thread's continuity (of course, in this
case you meant to change *both* the subject and the thread, but the
mailing list software didn't know that :-) ).
Best,
-Karl
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Re: Problem with deleteing files
Posted by Paul Maddox <P....@signal.QinetiQ.com>.
Phil,
> Please do not hijack threads. You probably did not do this
> intentionally, but you chose to reply to a message from Michael Hipp
> with the subject "Re: 'svn cleanup' no workie" which causes it to be
> filed as part of that thread.
my appologies, I assumed the mail software was more intelligent.
my mistake,
I'll start another thread.
Paul
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Re: Problem with deleteing files
Posted by Phillip Susi <ps...@cfl.rr.com>.
Please do not hijack threads. You probably did not do this
intentionally, but you chose to reply to a message from Michael Hipp
with the subject "Re: 'svn cleanup' no workie" which causes it to be
filed as part of that thread. This means that people who are reading
the original thread will see your reply that has nothing to do with it
and be confused and upset at having wasted their time on an unrelated
subject, and those who are ignoring the original thread because they are
not interested will never see your message, which they might otherwise
be interested in.
In the future, do not post new messages by replying to another random
message to the mailing list and change the subject; start a new message
if that's what you are doing.
Paul Maddox wrote:
> All,
>
> We've had a couple of odd things crop up.
> I've tried to delete a file, and perform a commit.
>
> there's a bit of history around this, so I'll explain..
> once upon a time, there was a branch with a directory structure.
> When doing a merge and re-branch some kind user forgot to drop their
> locks.
> Anyway, after the branch, the file was subsequently deleted.
>
> Now if I try and remove this old directory I get an error, saying I
> can't because the file is currently locked by another user, even
> though the file is no longer there.
> I get this ;-
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Error commit failed
> User paul does now own lock on path
> '/monkey/myproject/branches/development/documentation/spec.doc'
> (currently locked by idiotuser2)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I can't 'get' or 'steal' the locks because, well there's nothing there
> to get or steal!
> I've tried creating a file with the same name, commiting, 'dropping
> the locks, and trying to delete again, but I get the same error.
>
> we're using tortoise SVN on the clients and the server is using SVN
> version 1.2.3
>
> Can anyone offer any advice.
>
> Paul
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