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 FILENAME
--message (-m) TEXT
--file (-F) FILE
--force-log
--encoding ENC
--username USER
--password PASS
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--config-dir DIR
--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”.