Working copy XXX locked and cleanup failed in SVN

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I get this error when I do an svn update:

Working copy XXXXXXXX locked Please
execute "Cleanup" command

When I run cleanup, I get

Cleanup failed to process the
following paths: XXXXXXXX

How do I get out of this loop?

Best Answer

One approach would be to:

  1. Copy edited items to another location.
  2. Delete the folder containing the problem path.
  3. Update the containing folder through Subversion.
  4. Copy your files back or merge changes as needed.
  5. Commit

Another option would be to delete the top level folder and check out again. Hopefully it doesn't come to that though.

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