Re: svn:externals ../ in local path

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:31 AM, Dimitri Yanculovici <
dimitri.yanculovici_at_orange-ftgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi,
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>
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> I would like to know if the "../" in the local path of an svn:externals
> definition is planed to be supported.
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> It isn't in the 1.5 version of svn : "Also, the local subdirectory part of
> the definition cannot contain .. parent directory indicators (such as
> ../../skins/myskin)."
>

To do what you ask would introduce a security risk and attack vector to any
client checking out code from a given repository.

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