Is there a fast way to lock my SVN repository's trunk?

Question

There are moments when I need to be sure that no one is committing to either a specific branch or to my trunk. Release builds and reintegration merges are an example.

SVN "locking" all the files is not realistic (very long since project is huge). I also don't believe that locking prevents someone from committing new files.

What would be a quick way to make sure no one commits anything to the folder until I'm done what I'm doing?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you're making a release build, the first thing you do is check out a particular revision.

It doesn't really matter if someone commits something else during that time - it won't affect your build.