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.
Google is not being co-operative with my attempts to find the Apache HTTPD directive that makes this magic happen. IIRC the trick is less than perfect, i.e. it just blocks < 1.5.2 clients from connecting (though the version limit could be 1.5.0 or 1.5.1 I recall it being about querying the capabilities of the client and a specific capability was only introduced in 1.5.1 or 1.5.2) A better trick would allow blocking clients less than 1.6.13 from connecting ;-) Anyway, if somebody could point me to the trick it would be much appreciated -Stephen