SVN frequently says file is locked by me in another working copy

Question

I have an SVN repository (hosted on Dreamhost) with needs-lock set on binary files. It sometimes happen that, while committing files locked and modified by me, the commit fails

Answer 1

On Windows, I fixed the problem by the following steps: 1. Launch Repository Browser by clicking "Repo-browser" in the menu. 2. Locate the locked file. 3. Right click your mouse on the locked file. 4. Click "break lock".