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Re: Make Repo Browser read only?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:09:49 -0400

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 08:35, Shmigget <shmigget_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, but it's getting to be a long and diverse list.  When making
> changes to your working copy you have the easy option of reverting
> your changes, but in the Repo Browser you're making changes directly
> against the repository.  I discovered that one developer went into the
> Repo Browser with the intention of playing around with a possible
> reorganizing of directories, not realizing that his changes were
> taking effect.  Also, and this was the situation that occurred most
> recently, we had a developer create a feature branch by going into the
> Repo Browser and creating a folder under the branches directory and
> copying files into it from the trunk.  Essentially it wasn't a branch
> at all, but no one else knew that, and when it came time to merge we
> had tons of trouble.

You have a user education (or attitude) issue that will not be solved
by clamping down on the repository.

To really do what you want to do would require a modified Subversion
server - not changes on the client end.

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