SVN Working Copy xxx locked and cleanup failed
This thing drives me insane every time . It almost always happens in the middle of a mega-update, and usually the only solution is to delete everything and re-checkout. When it’s 4G , it gets *really* annoying.
Apparently , the main reason for this is that some”lock” files are left inside the”.svn” folders , and the svn client refuses to clean them up (what’s the point of the”cleanup” function , anyway , if it won’t clean unnecessary locks?!)
So I wrote this little Perl script to delete all the”lock” files from all the subdirectories in the project. It’s quick , it’s dirty as hell , and it will kill anything on its way - a perfect reflection of my mood!
You might also find the StackOverflow question about it useful (I sure did)