Re: Restricting Check-Out Function

On Feb 26, 2008, at 02:33, Merten, Alexander (External) wrote:

> is it possible to restrict the checkout function of subversion, so
> that only complete branches can be checked out? We want to forbid,
> that people check-out single files or subfolders of a branch.
>
> Is this something that can be done server-side or is that something
> that can only be implemented by a client-side customization (e.g.
> by customizing TortoiseSVN)?
>

Yes, this can be done server-side, assuming you are using Apache to
serve your repository. (I don't think this capability exists for
svnserve.)

You just install and configure mod_dontdothat:

http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/contrib/server-side/
mod_dontdothat/

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Received on 2008-02-27 00:43:07 CET