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Re: Having a path name after specifying repository location

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:15:06 -0400

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 15:10, Tech Geek <techgeek12345_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>The other way you could do this, if you insist upon PartA & PartB  being
>> separate repositories, is to have a different <Location> >block for each
>> project, and specify SVNParentPath as /var/lib/svn/ProjectB . Then you could
>> have PartA & PartB set up as separate >repositories - albeit with a lot more
>> management overhead as you add projects/repositories, and potentially more
>> confusion.
>
> You mean something like this?
> <Location "/svn">
>         DAV svn
>         SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/projectA
>         SVNListParentPath On
>         AuthBasicProvider ldap
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthzLDAPAuthoritative off
>         AuthName "Subversion Repositories"
>         ......
>         ......
>         require valid-user
> </Location>
>
> <Location "/svn">
>         DAV svn
>         SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/projectB
>         SVNListParentPath On
>         AuthBasicProvider ldap
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthzLDAPAuthoritative off
>         AuthName "Subversion Repositories"
>         ......
>         ......
>         require valid-user
> </Location>

No, you would need

<Location "/svnA">

<Location"/svnB">

> Would be nice if someone already has a script (that excepts the name of the
> repository) that does the job of entering the <Locaiton> block in the apache
> configuration file.
>
> Also why svn does not support nesting paths (logical empty folder) under
> repository location. I am sure many people might have encountered simialar
> issues especially if they have existing projects before they started using
> subversion.

I think you're getting confused about the relationships between
"projects" and repositories, and introducing many more layers than
needed.

As I asked earlier, why must PartA & PartB in a given project be
separate repositories? Why is the more conventional approach not
workable for you?
Received on 2010-10-20 21:16:25 CEST

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