"waiting for lock on repository"

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Hi...

Yesterday I had some network issues, and an operation disconnected halfway
through.

Now when I do a: hg commit -m "fun"

I get:
waiting for lock on repository /home/me/dev_branch/ws held by 'pepper:9149'
abort: repository /home/me/dev_branch/ws: timed out waiting for lock held by
pepper:9149

There is no process (anymore) on pepper actually doing anything.

How do I safely remove the lock?

This question has been asked several times before on the web, but never
definitively answered (as far as I can tell), so it will be great to get an
answer for everyone.

See:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12865/mercurial-stuck-waiting-for-lock/13205
http://www.nabble.com/Error:-timed-out-waiting-for-lock-td13259548.html
http://markmail.org/message/kuiy2uwuyhoo62jy

Thanks!
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