On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:38:57AM +0000, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > The solution to "credentials can't be used to commit with" is not > *necessarily* "cache a password for a different username". It could > also be that the authz file has a business logic error («r» rather than > «rw»), or that the server admin temporarily disabled all writes to the > repository, or that the working copy should be switched from a tag back > to trunk, and so on. > > The specific case of one username with two passwords can be implemented > with httpd modules, I believe. I don't know if anyone does that in > mod_dav_svn specifically, but I know it's used in other contexts.
Indeed. The dynamic nature of auth/authz settings and the complexities of HTTPD authentication features makes this difficult to solve in general with a client-side only implementation. I don't think making any server-side changes to support a potential 'svn auth add' command would be worth it. Making server-side changes would push this idea way too far.
