Svn – Use WebSVN as default HTML view

apache-2.2svn

when opening an subversion URL like https://server.local/svn/reproname using a normal webbrowser I get a (not very nice but useful) webpage showing me the files of the highest revision of the repository.

Is it possible to change this HTML-view to use WebSVN instead? So I want to use the same URL for TortoiseSVN which then browses the repository using WebDAV and for browsing it with a webbrowser getting the nice interface of WebSVN.

I am using Apache 2.2 on an Win 2003 Server with mod_dav_svn.

Thanks in advance for any help.

sc911

Best Answer

What about using mod_rewrite? You could do something like this:-

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}          !^SVN.*
RewriteRule ^/svn/(.*?)(/.*)$           http://websvn.host/websvn/listing.php?repname=$1&path=$2      [R]

This should redirect any client that doesn't have a User-Agent string starting with 'SVN/' to a WebSVN installation at http://websvn.host/websvn/, and leave queries from SVN clients alone.

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Svn – How Do I Restrict Repository Access via WebSVN

The issue is probably relating to the splitting of configuration between two location directives, but I'm not sure.

Rather than defining permissions in two places (apache config and the authz file), just define them in the authz file. Like so:

httpd.conf

<Location /svn>
  DAV svn
  SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/repository

  Require valid-user
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Subversion Repository"
  AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd

  SVNPathAuthz on
  AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn.authz
</Location>

svn.authz

[groups]
sysadmins = joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy

# By default, nobody has any permissions
[/]
* = 

# sysadmins get access to the sysadmin repository
[sysadmin:/]
@sysadmins = rw

You would need the appropriate users in the htpasswd file too, obviously.

Windows – Subversion server connection problems

There is probably a firewall between the client and the server which doesn't allow to use the SVN port.

To verify this, try to run the subversion server on port 80 (you can use netcat to create a temporary reroute).

You can also use telnet <host> <port> to check that you can connect. In this case, you must see the connection on the server with netstat. If that doesn't work, there is definitely a firewall somewhere.

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