I finally got my group to switch from SourceSafe to Subversion. Unfortunately, my manager still wants to use exclusive locks on every single file. So I set the svn:needs-lock property on every file and created a pre-commit hook to make sure the property stays set.
We are running Subversion on a Linux server. Most of us use Windows machines and a few use Macs. We are using various SVN clients (TortoiseSVN, SmartSVN, Subclipse, etc.).
What we now need is a good/easy method to see all the files that are currently locked in the entire repository (and who has them locked). I have poked around a little in Tortoise and Subclipse, but haven't found what I am looking for. Our projects have many subdirectories that are multiple levels deep, so it would be too time consuming to look at each individual directory.
What I would like is a single report I can run that lists everything that is currently locked and who has it locked. What is the best way to get this type of information?
What you're looking for is the svnadmin lslocks command.
I have this set up at work because we keep some Word documents in our Subversion repository (with svn:needs-lock). I have a cron job set up that every day, checks the list of locks and emails a report of all locks older than 7 days to the whole team. That way we can tell who has been slacking and sitting on a locked copy of a document for a long time.