Eclipse – How to find locked files in Subclipse

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We've recently moved from CVS to Subversion 1.6. We used the native Eclipse CVS support as our CVS client. We now use the Subsclipse plugin as our SVN client.

I've found that we're having problem seeing locked files in Subclise if the file isn't configured with "svn:needs-lock".

If a file has "svn:needs-lock" then the Navigator pane clearly shows whether you have a lock or if you don't have a lock in the file icon.
If a file does not have "svn:needs-lock" then the Navigator pane shows the same icon for both locked and unlocked files.

Does anyone know of a way to change this (either in Subclipse or by using a new plugin?)

Best Answer

Locally Locked

It works for me. I just tested it with Subversion 1.6.2 (server), Subclipse 1.6.5 client, and eclipse 3.5.1.

I used right-click -> Team -> Lock... and after creating the lock the overlay icon on the file changed from a yellow cylinder to a dark square with a white check mark inside. I restarted eclipse and verified that the file was still marked as locked.

This file does not have the svn:need-lock property set and the file was not read-only prior to requesting the lock.

Remotely Locked

If you want to see files locked by another user then you should not expect a visible indication of that lock to appear in your environment because Subclipse would have to poll the server to discover the lock. You can discover remote locks in multiple ways.

  • From the SVN Repositories view you can view the properties of files in the repository and see any outstanding locks. (right-click -> Properties).
  • Attempting to commit a change to a locked file will fail.
  • Attempting to lock a locked file will fail.

Hope this helps.

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