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Why does SVN log say “(no author)” for files committed or imported via Apache (ra_dav)?

April 26, 2017Apache committed files imported log SVN

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Why does SVN log say “(no author)” for files committed or imported via Apache (ra_dav)?

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If you allow anonymous write access to the repository via Apache, the Apache server never challenges the SVN client for a username, and instead permits the write operation without authentication. Since Subversion has no idea who did the operation, this results in a log like this: $ svn log ———————————————————————— rev 24: (no author) | 2003-07-29 19:28:35 +0200 (Tue, 29 Jul 2003) See the Subversion Book (“Networking a Repository”) to learn about configuring access restrictions in Apache.

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If you allow anonymous write access to the repository via Apache, the Apache server never challenges the SVN client for a username, and instead permits the write operation without authentication. Since Subversion has no idea who did the operation, this results in a log like this: $ svn log ———————————————————————— rev 24: (no author) | 2003-07-29 19:28:35 +0200 (Tue, 29 Jul 2003) See the Subversion book to learn about configuring access restrictions in Apache.