[SVN-4030] 'svnadmin load' should be able to steal locks: --steal-locks

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.x
• Fix Version/s: unscheduled
• Component/s: libsvn_repos
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Shahaf
• Created: 07/Oct/11 18:10
• Updated: 15/Mar/13 21:45

Description

Trying to load a dump that modifies a file, while an 'svn lock' lock exists on
that file, leads to the following error:

subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/lock.c:671: (apr_err=160034)
svnadmin: E160034: Cannot verify lock on path '/iota'; no username available

We should teach svnadmin to optionally break locks.

Use case: Arnout van Meer <rr2do2 at splashdamage.com> on IRC was trying to
recover from a hotcopy plus per-revision incremental dumps, but loading the
dumps failed with lock errors.