Folder is locked and I can't unlock it

Question

When I\'m trying to update or commit code from a project it\'s telling me that the folder is locked. When I try to \"release lock\" it says that there\'s nothing to unlock in th

Answer 1

Clean up, check all check box => This work for me

Answer 2

This was the first time I had this issue. I even tried to restart PC, without effect. This solves my problem:

Solution for me:

1. Right Click on Project Working Directory.
2. Navigate TortoiseSVN.
3. Navigate To Clean Up.
4. Leave all default options, and check Break Locks
5. Click OK

This works for me. I was able to commit changes.

Answer 3

To unlock a blocked document: 1. Right click -> Lock 2. Check the "Steal the locks" check box 2. Release the lock

Answer 4

I research a lot on this issue but no solution fix my problem until I try this:

My repo folder is shared with a Windows xp virtual machine, so I execute the clean up from the VM and then execute SVN UPDATE from the host.

It worked for me.

Greetings from Costa Rica.

Answer 5

I had this issue and i have done below steps to resolve it:

1. Go to parent folder instead of child folder
2. Select SVN cleanup
3. Click on OK.

Do this step on parent folder instead of child folder!

It worked for me !

Answer 6

To anyone still having this issue (Error: Working copy '{DIR}' locked.), I have your solution:

I found that when one of TortoiseSVN windows crash, it leaves a TSVNCache.exe that still has a few handles to your working copy and that is causing the Lock issues you are seeing (and also prevents Clean Up from doing it's job).

So to resolve this:

Either

1a) Use Process Explorer or similar to delete the handles owned by TSVNCache.exe

1b) ..Or even easier, just use Task Manager to kill TSVNCache.exe

Then

2) Right click -> TortoiseSVN -> Clean up. Only "Clean up working copy status" needs to be checked.

From there, happy updating/committing. You can reproduce Lock behavior by doing SVN Update and then quickly killing it's TortoiseProc.exe process before Update finishes.