Why do I keep getting 'SVN: Working Copy XXXX locked; try performing 'cleanup'?

Question

If you have worked with SVN tools in Eclipse (Subversion, subversive) before, then you are likely familiar with the \'working copy \'XXX\' locked...\" error.

I found

Answer 1

The following should unlock a locked working copy (tested on svn client version 1.6.11 and elipse version: Mars.2 Release (4.5.2))

step 1: (go to working copy directory) $cd working_copy_dir

step 2: (connect to svn sqlite database) $sqlite3 .svn/wc.db

step 3: (delete all records from table WC_LOCK) sqlite> delete from WC_LOCK;

step 4: (disconnect from sqlite 3 database) sqlite>ctrl + d

step 5: (from eclipse) right click on your working copy, then click Team -> Refresh/Cleanup