Disable username assumption

[Chris Jensen <cj...@edex.com.au>]

Hi,
Is it possible to stop the svn client from assuming the username of the 
logged in user?
We have our configuration files stored in subversion, so I frequently do 
svn ci as root, forgetting to pass the --username option - root has no 
access so we have to press enter on the first password prompt in order 
to get a username prompt.

This is irritating because it wastes (albeit a small amount) of time, 
and creates erronious entries in the access log.

Multiple people may use the root account to make changes, so setting the 
username in the configuration file isn't practicle either.

Is there anyway to prevent the client from assuming the username and so 
force it to prompt?

If not then I will submit a feature request.

Chris

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Re: Disable username assumption

[kf...@collab.net]

Chris Jensen <cj...@edex.com.au> writes:
> Is it possible to stop the svn client from assuming the username of
> the logged in user?
> We have our configuration files stored in subversion, so I frequently
> do svn ci as root, forgetting to pass the --username option - root has
> no access so we have to press enter on the first password prompt in
> order to get a username prompt.
> 
> This is irritating because it wastes (albeit a small amount) of time,
> and creates erronious entries in the access log.
> 
> Multiple people may use the root account to make changes, so setting
> the username in the configuration file isn't practicle either.
> 
> Is there anyway to prevent the client from assuming the username and
> so force it to prompt?
> 
> If not then I will submit a feature request.

I don't think we have that feature in the client-side runtime config.
It would be a good one.  Please do file an enhancement request in the
issue tracker, and point to this mail thread from the new issue.

Thanks,
-Karl

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