Subversion stuck due to “previous operation has not finished”?

Question

If I try to update my subversion repo, it says I must run cleanup. If I run cleanup, it says a file is missing. (I deleted a MASSIVE directory of files that failed to commit

Answer 1

Workaround that worked for me:

1. Cut the content of your directory and copy it to another folder.
2. Run cleanup from command line on the empty folder.
3. Copy the files back in the original folder.

Done, but I cannot explain why this happens. If you don't remove the files, the cleanup command say that he can't read/write those files.