Method release

src/filelock/_api.py:564–582

Release the file lock. The lock is only completely released when the lock counter reaches 0. The lock file itself may be deleted automatically, the behavior is platform-specific. :param force: If true, the lock counter is ignored and the lock is released in every case.

(self, force: bool = False)

            time.sleep(poll_interval)

    def release(self, force: bool = False) -> None:  # noqa: FBT001, FBT002
        """
        Release the file lock. The lock is only completely released when the lock counter reaches 0. The lock file
        itself may be deleted automatically, the behavior is platform-specific.

        :param force: If true, the lock counter is ignored and the lock is released in every case.

        """
        if self.is_locked:
            self._context.lock_counter -= 1

            if self._context.lock_counter == 0 or force:
                lock_id, lock_filename = id(self), self.lock_file

                _LOGGER.debug("Attempting to release lock %s on %s", lock_id, lock_filename)
                self._release()
                self._context.lock_counter = 0
                _registry.held.pop(_canonical(lock_filename), None)
                _LOGGER.debug("Lock %s released on %s", lock_id, lock_filename)

    def __enter__(self) -> Self:
        """