"Not under version control" error for force command in subversion

Question

HI All,

When iam executing svn force command given below on some path, iam getting the below error Please do let me know how to resolve this issue Command:

set SVN_PATH=C:\main\test
svn lock [--force] "%SVN_PATH%" -m "lock before commit"

Error:

svn: 'C:\main\test\[--force]' is not under version control

Answer 1

You shouldn’t include the square brackets in the command, they are just to indicate that the --force argument is optional.

But why are you locking the repository?

Answer 2

svn lock [--force] "%SVN_PATH%" -m "lock before commit"

should be:

svn lock --force "%SVN_PATH%" -m "lock before commit"

The square brackets area documentation convention indicating optionality. But frankly, if you didn't know that I wonder if you understand why you might use the lock command.