Subversion stuck due to “previous operation has not finished”?

Question

If I try to update my subversion repo, it says I must run cleanup. If I run cleanup, it says a file is missing. (I deleted a MASSIVE directory of files that failed to commit

Answer 1

In my case I had gulp-watch running that caused the problems. After stopping it I could execute Cleanup command.

Answer 2

Workaround that worked for me:

1. Cut the content of your directory and copy it to another folder.
2. Run cleanup from command line on the empty folder.
3. Copy the files back in the original folder.

Done, but I cannot explain why this happens. If you don't remove the files, the cleanup command say that he can't read/write those files.

Answer 3

In my case a background Java Virtual Machine instance was running, killing which cleanup was successful.

Answer 4

I have also stuck with the same issue I have tried blow:

1.Try kill the process related to svn i.e. TSVNCache.exe and TortoiseProc 2.Reverting the unversioned files and deletion of same, which I have in svn . 3.cleanup using command prompt "svn cleanup"

and finally when restarted the desktop it worked for me , So for restart of system worked for me

Answer 5

I tried removing the .svn folder to other location and placed it back in the same root folder. After when I tried to update the SVN, it got updated. I don't know how exactly it worked.

Answer 6

I had taken .svn folder from my fellow developer and replaced my .svn folder with this. It worked for me. Don't know what may be other consequences!