Working copy locked error in tortoise svn while committing

No problem... try this:

  • Go to top level SVN folder.
  • Right click on folder (that has your svn files) > TortoiseSVN > CleanUp

This will surely solve your problem. I did this lots of time... :)

Note. Make sure "Break locks" option is selected in the Cleanup dialog.


The accepted answer didn't work for me. To fix that issue, I had to right-click on the file that was locked, select repo-browser. This opened a popup with the files as they are on the SVN server. I then right-clicked on the locked file and selected break lock.

When I closed the repository browser, back on explorer I could finally commit!