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Re: Wildcards in subversion.conf file?

From: Francois Beausoleil <fbos_at_users.sourceforge.net>
Date: 2003-10-22 20:37:46 CEST

Hello Tess,

You are searching for SVNParentPath, which tells mod_dav_svn to find all
repositories under one single path.

Hope that helps !
François

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:19:45 -0500 (EST), "Tess Snider"
<malkin@terpalum.umd.edu> said:
> Background:
> I have a site where there are numerous unrelated groups working
> on different projects, and I would like for them to have separate
> repositories. Project setup is fully automated.
>
> Question:
> Is there a way to handle a large number of repositories, in a
> generic fashion, in the subversion.conf file?
>
> Discussion:
> In Apache, it is possible to use wildcards in your virtual host
> definitions, and subsequently use the string that filled the
> wildcard as a substitution. E.g. --
>
> <VirtualHost *>
> ServerAlias *.mywebserver.net
> VirtualDocumentRoot /whatever/%1/htdocs
> VirtualScriptAlias /whatever/%1/cgi-bin
> </VirtualHost>
>
> This way, a large number of websites can be added, without
> making any changes whatsoever to the httpd.conf file. This has
> the advantage of keeping the httpd.conf file from getting
> ridiculously huge, and saves us from having to restart the
> webserver on a regular basis, as new projects are added.
>
> I was curious if there is a similar wildcard technique that
> can be used in the subversion.conf file, or if I'm going to
> be stuck creating an entry in subversion.conf for every single
> repository. Any hints?
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
> Tess
>
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