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Asked: 2026-05-25T18:08:13+00:00

I get the following SVN error (using TortoiseSVN) when i am trying to tag

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I get the following SVN error (using TortoiseSVN) when i am trying to tag trunk.

Error: post-commit hook failed (exit code 1) with output:  
Error: svn: Working copy '.' locked  
Error: svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)

The tag still seems to have been created …

I have no post-commit hooks added …

I have tried the following:

  1. update + cleanup
  2. search for ‘lock’ files in .svn dir
  3. fresh checkout

I am not sure what is going on, any help would be appreciated?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Earlier I changed “svnserve.conf” realm = [new-realm] which caused user/pass re-prompts for checkouts/updates. On the SVN server there is a post-commit hook which does an svn update, because of the realm change, the hook was dying because creds needed to be reset.

    Moral of the story is: changing realm will cause creds to be invalidated (which may break your automated scripts)

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