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-----Original Message-----
> From: Hyrum K. Wright [mailto:hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu]
> Sent: 30 September 2009 15:09
> To: Giulio Troccoli
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Regular expression in the access file
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Giulio Troccoli wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to use regular expression in the access file?
> >
> > I am serving a repository using Apache 2.2.11 and
> Subversion 1.6.5.
> > My configuration has the following
> >
> > AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/etc/svn-test.passwd
> >
> > My repository has the following structure
> >
> > <product>/<version>/<test|cand>
> >
> > So something like
> >
> > dip
> > |--1.10
> > |---test
> > |---cand
> > |--1.11
> > |---test
> > |---cand
> > |--1.20
> > |---test
> > |---cand
> >
> > The access for all tests area the same and the access to
> all cands are
> > the same too.
> >
> > My access file looks like
> >
> > [/]
> > * = r
> > [/dip/1.10/test]
> > @dev = rw
> > [/dip/1.10/cand]
> > @test = rw
> > [/dip/1.11/test]
> > @dev = rw
> > [/dip/1.11/cand]
> > @test = rw
> > [/dip/1.20/test]
> > @dev = rw
> > [/dip/1.20/cand]
> > @test = rw
> >
> > I know that I could reorganize the repository so that I could write
> > the access file as
> >
> > [/]
> > * = r
> > [/dip/test]
> > @dev = rw
> > [/dip/cand]
> > @test = rw
> >
> > But this would be a huge task which I am not willing to do, as I'd
> > rather have a bigger access file instead.
> >
> > But I was wondering if I could use some regular expression,
> so that I
> > could use
> >
> > [/]
> > * = r
> > [/dip/*/test]
> > @dev = rw
> > [/dip/*/cand]
> > @test = rw
> >
> > Of course the * is a too generic expression. I have actually tried
> > with * and it doesn't seem to work, but maybe it's just because it
> > should be quoted, or * is not valid, or some other reason.
> >
> > I didn't find anything about this in the archive, and
> before embarking
> > in finding the correct expression I wanted to check with
> you guys if
> > it is at all possible. The book doesn't say anything either way.
>
> Is this similar to issue 2958 or issue 2662?
>
> [1] http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2958
> [2] http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2662
>
Yeah, kind of. More issue 2662 than 2958. The ability to use the asterisk would work for me, but I was looking to see if it was possible to use regular expression rather than just wildcard. That's probably also why I didn't find anything in the archive.
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