Comment 10 for bug 506196

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote : Re: [Bug 506196] Re: SVN checkout failing with empty authentication details

2010/1/12 Robert Collins <email address hidden>:
> On particularly locked down servers, checking for .bzr will fail when a
> post to .bzr/smart works : we've encountered this in the past. Skipping
> the .bzr probe isn't a performance thing per se: its correctness.

We do have to be pragmatic here and deal with quirky servers. On the
other hand if someone has specifically configured the server to deny a
directory but allow URLs within it that is getting pretty weird.
Perhaps no more weird than the original report on this svn server.

I can believe someone having the server set up to deny *listing* the
directory but that should be distinct.

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Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>