As the subject line states I want access control to prevent the creation of
files and directories at a certain directory level and above. Below that
point, the general population can make whatever changes they deem fit. Another
requirement I have is to always merge from the top level but that top level can
only be "generally" written be a small group of architects. With these two
conflicting requirements, I need a way to control the read/write access for
files/directories but ensure the svn:mergeinfo can be written in this top level
write protected directory.
I've used the HTTPD access file before but I'm no longer the admin for the SVN
server and it just provides general r/w access. I've used various perl/ini
scripts to provide access control (i.e
https://github.com/qazwart/SVN-Precommit-Kitchen-Sink-Hook/blob/master/pre-commit-kitchen-sink-hook.pl)
but currently the admins for Windows based VisualSVN server recommend using
python.
It is looking like this custom pre-commit hook script will need to
differentiate svn:mergeinfo property changes from the general changes. Then
query for general access control hopefully with an existing python/ini solution
else allow the svn:mergeinfo to fall through and be checked by the
pre-revprop-change hook script.
Other suggestion/comments would be greatly appreciated. ---- Brent
