Re: mod_authz_svn & MySQL db - possible contract

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Jay Crouch wrote:
...
> I'm still thinking I need something akin to SVNParentPath;
>
> I've been thinking about using a <LocationMatch> directive and a variable
> SVNPath inside -- but does apache allow you to use the results of the regex
> match as in the following example? ... note the use of $1
>
> <LocationMatch /repositories/u([^/])+/>
> Options All
> DAV svn
> SVNPath "/mnt/data/users/$1/repo"
> AuthzSVNAccessFile "/mnt/data/users/$1/.authsvn"
> </LocationMatch>

I don't believe that you can do that.

Something like this might be possible if you wrote custom SVNPath and
AuthzSVNAccessFile directives. The URL parsing could be able to be
consolidated into a custom LocationMatch-style container.