Re: Test login

Fabian Cenedese wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there a command to check if the user credentials are already known
> or would be asked if e.g. a commit was performed? I have a script which
> does perform various tasks and also a commit and I don't want it to
> stop in the middle because it needs user password or even worse will
> fail because of a wrong password.
>
> CVS has the login command to do this step by itself so further commands
> wouldn't need a password again. I already have the
>
> [auth]
> store-auth-creds = yes
>
> but that still needs to be filled first. So I'd like to do the login step
> without actually doing a command on the repository.

I don't know of a way to test for write permission without actually changing
something since commit doesn't take a dry run option (AFAICT).

How about this idea - have a dummy repository or part of a repository that
requires authentication and authorisation to be able to read from it, assign
the same user you want to test permission for to this special area and do a
svn ls on the area at the start of your script?

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