Re: [TSVN] Propfind request failed.

Peter McNab wrote:

> When a log view for a rev is shown, where a file has been deleted, as
> indicated in the bottom pane, double clicking on the name of the deleted
> file invokes an error dialog.
>
> "PROPFIND request failed on" followed by the full path to what looks
> like the location within the repository .
> The message then repeated the same full path followed by the words "path
> not found".
> This raises two issues.
>
> Maybe the user double click on deleted files could be intercepted and
> either totally ignored or replaced with a TSVN generated friendlier
> message. This isn't something I'm adamant about, because it does tell
> you what was wrong but the text is small and needs careful reading.

Changed in revision 8238:
the file is now opened in the default application instead of diffed.

> The second issue is the broadcast of the repository internal path which
> maybe someone more net savy might consider a security issue. I'm not
> saying it is, just asking the question.
>
> In my case it read
> '/svn/SpecialsRepos/!svn/bc/463/Branches/... followed by the remainder
> of the path and filename.

This would then maybe be best reported on the Subversion mailing list.
But I don't think this is a security issue:
the URL you see there is relative to the repository root. This is no
more dangerous than someone trying out URLs on your server.

Stefan

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