RE: How do I enforce a minimum client version when hosted via httpd

Hi,

Stephen Connolly wrote:
> I remember reading before about a hack/trick that allows you
> to ensure that the client is at least mergeinfo aware when the
> repository is served via Apache httpd.

You can have a start-commit hook. It can reject commits from clients
that don't have the "mergeinfo" capability.

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.ref.reposhooks.start-commit.html

> A better trick would allow blocking clients less than 1.6.13 from
connecting ;-)

Subversion sends it's version in the User-Agent string. You can test
that in your Apache config file. (But this is probably a bad idea
unless it's an internal SVN server that's locked down by corporate
policy).

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/access.html#env

Bear in mind that some people may not be using the official Subversion
client.

Kind regards,

Jon

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