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RE: "svn log" via svnserve is letting me see things it shouldn't, but "svn ls" works as I expect

From: Jon Foster <Jon.Foster_at_cabot.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:14:19 -0000

Hi,

Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 03:01:22PM -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote:
> > In particular, log messages to files not in
> > /cyclingproject/public should not be available.
>
> Log message are not per file. They are per revision.
> They aren't tied to any particular path.
> Off-hand I cannot think of a way to prevent them from being seen.

But the documentation for how authz works says:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/notes/authz_policy.txt?ann
otate=859714

> ==============================================
> WHAT USERS SHOULD EXPECT FROM PATH-BASED AUTHZ
> ==============================================
>
[...]
> 2. LOG MESSAGES
>
> Log information may be restricted, based on readability of
> changed-paths.
>
> * If the target of 'svn log' wanders into unreadable territory,
> then log output will simply stop at the last readable revision.
> If the log is tracing backwards through time, as the plain
> "svn log" command does, the target will appear to be added
> (without history) in that revision.
>
> * If a revision returned by 'svn log' contains a mixture of
> readable/unreadable changed-paths, then the log message is
> suppressed, along with the unreadable changed-paths. Only
> the revision number, author, date, and readable paths are
> displayed.
>
> * If a revision returned by 'svn log' contains only unreadable
> changed-paths, then only the revision number is displayed.

Is this documentation wrong? Or doesn't it apply for some reason?

Kind regards,

Jon

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