Name

svn lock — Lock working copy paths or URLs in the repository, so that no other user can commit changes to them.

Synopsis

svn lock TARGET...

Description

Lock each TARGET. If any TARGET is already locked by another user, print a warning and continue locking the rest of the TARGETs. Use --force to steal a lock from another user or working copy.

Alternate Names

None

Changes

Working Copy, Repository

Accesses Repository

Yes

Switches

--targets ARG
--message (-m) ARG
--file (-F) ARG
--force-log
--encoding ARG
--username ARG
--password ARG
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--config-dir ARG
--force

Examples

Lock two files in your working copy:


$ svn lock tree.jpg house.jpg
'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'.
'house.jpg' locked by user 'harry'.

Lock a file in your working copy that is currently locked by another user:

$ svn lock tree.jpg
svn: warning: Path '/tree.jpg is already locked by user 'harry in \
     filesystem '/svn/repos/db'

$ svn lock --force foo
'tree.jpg' locked by user 'sally'.

Lock a file without a working copy:

$ svn lock http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/tree.jpg
'tree.jpg' locked by user 'sally'.

For further details, see the section called “Locking”.