How can I determine who locked a file using SVN?

Question

We are using SVN server 1.4 (I think) with the clients being either the command line client or TortoiseSVN.

Answer 1

Using the repo-browser feature of TortoiseSVN there is a lock column that shows the user who locked the file.

Right click on the local working copy -> TortoiseSVN-> repo-browser.

Answer 2

Use svn status --show-updates to discover locks on files. In the following example, Sally discovers there is a lock on raisin.jpg.

$ whoami
sally

$ svn status --show-updates
M              23   bar.c
M    O         32   raisin.jpg
       *       72   foo.h
Status against revision:     105

Once you know the lock, you can use svn -info to discover who set the lock. Notice "Lock Owner" below:

$ svn info http://svn.example.com/repos/project/raisin.jpg
Path: raisin.jpg
Name: raisin.jpg
URL: http://svn.example.com/repos/project/raisin.jpg
Repository UUID: edb2f264-5ef2-0310-a47a-87b0ce17a8ec
Revision: 105
Node Kind: file
Last Changed Author: sally
Last Changed Rev: 32
Last Changed Date: 2005-01-25 12:43:04 -0600 (Tue, 25 Jan 2005)
Lock Token: opaquelocktoken:fc2b4dee-98f9-0310-abf3-653ff3226e6b
Lock Owner: harry
Lock Created: 2005-02-16 13:29:18 -0500 (Wed, 16 Feb 2005)
Lock Comment (1 line):
Need to make a quick tweak to this image.

Answer 3

The command line client shows the lock owner with the command "svn info".

In TortoiseSVN, you can see the lock owner in the "properties" context menu (tab "subversion").

Answer 4

Steps to check:

1. Right click on the file/folder on which you want to determine the lock

2. Go to TortoiseSVN Options >> Repo-browser

3. A new window will open and you will get a table view

4. Lock column in the table will show who has the lock