On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote: > On Mar 10, 2011, at 15:17, Daniel F. Garcia wrote: > >> This is a good solution, but I have 2 additional requirements >> * I have >100 subdomains and I want to save time setting them up (ok, I >> could script this) >> * I need to be able to add subdomains without restarting apache >> >> The 2nd requirement is why I used the *.mydomain.com alias and used the >> SVNParentPath directive. > Sorry, Daniel, I don't know a way to accomplish all those objectives. The > only options Subversion provides are:
Symlinks to locally accessible filesystems works pretty well, especially if you put them in /var/www/svn/ and configure appropriately. That lets you enable and disable repositories with a single symlink change. > > * SVNPath: host a single repository at a URL > * SVNParentPath: host multiple repositories under a parent URL > > There is no provision for using SVNParentPath with the repository name coming > from the hostname, only from a directory component in the URL. > > You cannot use mod_rewrite or similar to fake this. Subversion clients do not > follow HTTP redirects. > > The only way I know to accomplish the functionality you want is to define > each subdomain as its own VirtualHost, either manually or via a script you > write. You will have to restart Apache when making changes, though a graceful > restart shouldn't impact you too much. > > > >
