Re: Need To "Lock" Many Files Within Multiple Folders

Hello!

Frode Tenneboe schrieb:
>> Although the strategy requires logging onto the repository server and
>> hand-editing the applicable file, it benefits the project by
>> sustaining read/write access for a targetted group (of Promotion
>> Managers) while prohibiting "lock stealing" by developers.
>
> Will this work for an fsfs repository?

I doesn't depend on the repository type. The hook script are plain-text
files which are located in the repository but they are not part of the
database.

> I read something about changing permissions on "the directory" of the
> tag, but I see no directory. Is that a function of me using fsfs?

You won't see any directory structure in the repository which represents
your project directories.

But the path resp. directory on which an operation has to be performed
will be forwarded to the hook scripts which can perform some operations
on it, e.g. perform pattern matching and prohibit write access for all
elements starting with /tags. This behaviour can also be restricted to
certain users because the username will also be supplied to the hook
scripts.

Another means to control or restrict user access can be done by using
the HTTP/WebDAV access method, so the pattern matching will be performed
by the Apache server and not by the Subversion server backend. So in the
appropriate configuration file there will something like:
<Directory "/tags">
        ...
</Directory>

With best regards
Andreas Schweigstill

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