[PATCH] Clarify lookup order in authz files
Daniel Shahaf
danielsh at elego.de
Mon Feb 27 09:08:56 CST 2012
This is currently an implementation detail in libsvn_repos/authz.c
authz_get_path_access(), but it seems stable:
[[[
* en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml
(svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz):
Document that [repos-name:/path] is preferred to [/path].
]]]
[[[
Index: ch06-server-configuration.xml
===================================================================
--- ch06-server-configuration.xml (revision 4252)
+++ ch06-server-configuration.xml (working copy)
@@ -3500,6 +3516,12 @@ harry =
that, and so on. The net effect is that mentioning a specific
path in the access file will always override any permissions
inherited from parent directories.</para>
+
+ <para>Similarly, sections that specify a repository name have precedence
+ over those that don't: if both
+ <literal>[calc:/some/path]</literal> and
+ <literal>[/some/path]</literal> are present, the former will be used
+ and the latter ignored for <literal>calc</literal>.</para>
</tip>
<para>By default, nobody has any access to the repository at all.
]]]
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