Is there an authenticated no-op in subversion?

I'm working on a system to interact with subversion automatically. Some of
the repositories in question work over https, and this requires
authentication for certain actions.

I would love to separate authentication from action. Is there a way to
perform an authenticated no-op (which would fail if not authenticated)? If
this did exist, then I could first try this, and perform the hairier actions
only once I'm sure I'm authenticated.

The best we've been able to come up with at work so far is to do a propset
on a revision property.

Thanks,
-Dan Bentley
Received on 2010-06-07 18:12:13 CEST