Index: subversion/libsvn_subr/config.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_subr/config.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/libsvn_subr/config.c	(working copy)
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
 
 
 svn_error_t *
-svn_config_create(svn_config_t **cfgp, apr_pool_t *result_pool)
+svn_config_create(svn_config_t **cfgp,
+                  svn_boolean_t section_names_case_sensitive,
+                  apr_pool_t *result_pool)
 {
   svn_config_t *cfg = apr_palloc(result_pool, sizeof(*cfg));
 
@@ -88,19 +90,22 @@
   cfg->x_values = FALSE;
   cfg->tmp_key = svn_stringbuf_create("", result_pool);
   cfg->tmp_value = svn_stringbuf_create("", result_pool);
-
+  cfg->section_names_case_sensitive = section_names_case_sensitive; 
+  
   *cfgp = cfg;
   return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
 svn_error_t *
-svn_config_read(svn_config_t **cfgp, const char *file,
-                svn_boolean_t must_exist, apr_pool_t *pool)
+svn_config_read2(svn_config_t **cfgp, const char *file,
+                 svn_boolean_t must_exist, 
+                 svn_boolean_t section_names_case_sensitive,
+                 apr_pool_t *pool)
 {
   svn_config_t *cfg;
   svn_error_t *err;
 
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_create(&cfg, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_create(&cfg, section_names_case_sensitive, pool));
 
   /* Yes, this is platform-specific code in Subversion, but there's no
      practical way to migrate it into APR, as it's simultaneously
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
   if (sys_registry_path)
     {
-      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(cfgp, sys_registry_path, FALSE, pool));
+      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(cfgp, sys_registry_path, FALSE, FALSE, pool));
       red_config = TRUE;
     }
 #endif /* WIN32 */
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@
         SVN_ERR(svn_config_merge(*cfgp, sys_file_path, FALSE));
       else
         {
-          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(cfgp, sys_file_path, FALSE, pool));
+          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(cfgp, sys_file_path, FALSE, FALSE, pool));
           red_config = TRUE;
         }
     }
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@
         SVN_ERR(svn_config_merge(*cfgp, usr_registry_path, FALSE));
       else
         {
-          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(cfgp, usr_registry_path, FALSE, pool));
+          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(cfgp, usr_registry_path, FALSE, FALSE, pool));
           red_config = TRUE;
         }
     }
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@
         SVN_ERR(svn_config_merge(*cfgp, usr_file_path, FALSE));
       else
         {
-          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(cfgp, usr_file_path, FALSE, pool));
+          SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(cfgp, usr_file_path, FALSE, FALSE, pool));
           red_config = TRUE;
         }
     }
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@
      ### We could use a tmp subpool for this, since merge_cfg is going
      to be tossed afterwards.  Premature optimization, though? */
   svn_config_t *merge_cfg;
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&merge_cfg, file, must_exist, cfg->pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&merge_cfg, file, must_exist, FALSE, cfg->pool));
 
   /* Now copy the new options into the original table. */
   for_each_option(merge_cfg, cfg, merge_cfg->pool, merge_callback);
@@ -387,7 +392,8 @@
 
   /* Canonicalize the hash key */
   svn_stringbuf_set(cfg->tmp_key, section);
-  make_hash_key(cfg->tmp_key->data);
+  if (! cfg->section_names_case_sensitive)
+    make_hash_key(cfg->tmp_key->data);
 
   sec_ptr = apr_hash_get(cfg->sections, cfg->tmp_key->data,
                          cfg->tmp_key->len);
@@ -618,7 +624,10 @@
       /* Even the section doesn't exist. Create it. */
       sec = apr_palloc(cfg->pool, sizeof(*sec));
       sec->name = apr_pstrdup(cfg->pool, section);
-      sec->hash_key = make_hash_key(apr_pstrdup(cfg->pool, section));
+      if(cfg->section_names_case_sensitive)
+        sec->hash_key = sec->name;
+      else
+        sec->hash_key = make_hash_key(apr_pstrdup(cfg->pool, section));
       sec->options = apr_hash_make(cfg->pool);
       apr_hash_set(cfg->sections, sec->hash_key, APR_HASH_KEY_STRING, sec);
     }
Index: subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h	(working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
   /* Temporary value used for expanded default values in svn_config_get.
      (Using a stringbuf so that frequent resetting is efficient.) */
   svn_stringbuf_t *tmp_value;
+
+  /* Specifies whether section names are populated case sensitively. */
+  svn_boolean_t section_names_case_sensitive;
 };
 
 
Index: subversion/libsvn_subr/deprecated.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_subr/deprecated.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/libsvn_subr/deprecated.c	(working copy)
@@ -1064,3 +1064,16 @@
                                                      start, end, TRUE,
                                                      pool, pool));
 }
+
+/*** From config.c ***/
+
+svn_error_t *
+svn_config_read(svn_config_t **cfgp, const char *file,
+                svn_boolean_t must_exist,
+                apr_pool_t *pool)
+{
+  return svn_error_return(svn_config_read2(cfgp, file,
+                                           must_exist,
+                                           FALSE,
+                                           pool));
+}
Index: subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/cache-test.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/cache-test.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/cache-test.c	(working copy)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
   if (opts->config_file)
     {
-      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&config, opts->config_file, TRUE, pool));
+      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&config, opts->config_file, TRUE, FALSE, pool));
       SVN_ERR(svn_cache__make_memcache_from_config(&memcache, config, pool));
     }
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
   if (opts->config_file)
     {
-      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&config, opts->config_file, TRUE, pool));
+      SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&config, opts->config_file, TRUE, FALSE, pool));
       SVN_ERR(svn_cache__make_memcache_from_config(&memcache, config, pool));
     }
 
Index: subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/config-test.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/config-test.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/config-test.c	(working copy)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     SVN_ERR(init_params(pool));
 
   cfg_file = apr_pstrcat(pool, srcdir, "/", "config-test.cfg", (char *)NULL);
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, FALSE, pool));
 
   /* Test values retrieved from our ConfigParser instance against
      values retrieved using svn_config. */
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     SVN_ERR(init_params(pool));
 
   cfg_file = apr_pstrcat(pool, srcdir, "/", "config-test.cfg", (char *)NULL);
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, FALSE, pool));
 
   for (i = 0; true_keys[i] != NULL; i++)
     {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     SVN_ERR(init_params(pool));
 
   cfg_file = apr_pstrcat(pool, srcdir, "/", "config-test.cfg", (char *)NULL);
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&cfg, cfg_file, TRUE, FALSE, pool));
 
   if (! svn_config_has_section(cfg, "section1"))
     return fail(pool, "Failed to find section1");
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/atomic-ra-revprop-change.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/atomic-ra-revprop-change.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/atomic-ra-revprop-change.c	(working copy)
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@
   svn_config_t *servers;
 
   /* Populate SERVERS. */
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_create(&servers, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_create(&servers, 
+                            FALSE /*section_names_case_sensitive*/,
+                            pool));
   svn_config_set(servers, SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL,
                  SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_HTTP_LIBRARY, http_library);
 
Index: subversion/include/svn_config.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/include/svn_config.h	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/include/svn_config.h	(working copy)
@@ -189,10 +189,14 @@
 /** Set @a *cfgp to an empty @c svn_config_t structure,
  * allocated in @a result_pool.
  *
+ * Pass TRUE to @a section_names_case_sensitive if 
+ * section names are to be populated case sensitively.
+ *
  * @since New in 1.7.
  */
 svn_error_t *
 svn_config_create(svn_config_t **cfgp,
+                  svn_boolean_t section_names_case_sensitive,
                   apr_pool_t *result_pool);
 
 /** Read configuration data from @a file (a file or registry path) into
@@ -200,8 +204,27 @@
  *
  * If @a file does not exist, then if @a must_exist, return an error,
  * otherwise return an empty @c svn_config_t.
+ * 
+ * If @a section_names_case_sensitive is TRUE, populate section name hashes 
+ * case sensitively.
+ * 
+ * @since New in 1.7.
  */
+
 svn_error_t *
+svn_config_read2(svn_config_t **cfgp,
+                 const char *file,
+                 svn_boolean_t must_exist,
+                 svn_boolean_t section_names_case_sensitive,
+                 apr_pool_t *pool);
+
+/** Similar to svn_config_read2, but always passes FALSE to 
+ * section_names_case_sensitive.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Provided for backward compatibility with 1.6 API.
+ */
+SVN_DEPRECATED
+svn_error_t *
 svn_config_read(svn_config_t **cfgp,
                 const char *file,
                 svn_boolean_t must_exist,
Index: subversion/libsvn_repos/authz.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_repos/authz.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/libsvn_repos/authz.c	(working copy)
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
   baton.err = SVN_NO_ERROR;
 
   /* Load the rule file. */
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&authz->cfg, file, must_exist, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&authz->cfg, file, must_exist, TRUE, pool));
   baton.config = authz->cfg;
 
   /* Step through the entire rule file, stopping on error. */
Index: subversion/svnserve/serve.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/svnserve/serve.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/svnserve/serve.c	(working copy)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
   const char *pwdb_path, *authzdb_path;
   svn_error_t *err;
 
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(cfg, filename, must_exist, pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(cfg, filename, must_exist, FALSE, pool));
 
   svn_config_get(*cfg, &pwdb_path, SVN_CONFIG_SECTION_GENERAL,
                  SVN_CONFIG_OPTION_PASSWORD_DB, NULL);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     {
       pwdb_path = svn_dirent_join(base, pwdb_path, pool);
 
-      err = svn_config_read(pwdb, pwdb_path, TRUE, pool);
+      err = svn_config_read2(pwdb, pwdb_path, TRUE, FALSE, pool);
       if (err)
         {
           if (server)
Index: subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.c	(revision 1065528)
+++ subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.c	(working copy)
@@ -1074,9 +1074,9 @@
 {
   fs_fs_data_t *ffd = fs->fsap_data;
 
-  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read(&ffd->config,
-                          svn_dirent_join(fs->path, PATH_CONFIG, pool),
-                          FALSE, fs->pool));
+  SVN_ERR(svn_config_read2(&ffd->config,
+                           svn_dirent_join(fs->path, PATH_CONFIG, pool),
+                           FALSE, FALSE, fs->pool));
 
   /* Initialize ffd->rep_sharing_allowed. */
   if (ffd->format >= SVN_FS_FS__MIN_REP_SHARING_FORMAT)