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Branko Čibej commented on SVN-4795:
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The attached patch modifies the config parser as described, but only for authz
and global group files. The semantics of other configuration files remain
unchanged.
> Support character classes in glob authz rules
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> Key: SVN-4795
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4795
> Project: Subversion
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: libsvn_repos, svnauthz
> Affects Versions: all
> Reporter: Branko Čibej
> Priority: Major
> Attachments: authz-glob-character-class.patch
>
>
> *Proposal*
> Change the way section names are parsed in authz files, so that anything
> between the initial {{\[}} and the last {{\]}} are treated as the section
> name/rule pattern. This will restrict the use of inline comments on rules,
> but will allow fuller use of glob patterns.
> *Discussion*
> Wildcard rules in Subversion's authz file use {{apr_fnmatch()}} to match
> patterns to path segments. APR's matcher supports character classes
> ({{[A-Z]}} etc.), however, there is no way to use them in the authz file. For
> example, given this rule:
> {noformat}
> [:glob:/**/*.[Dd]oc]
> * = rw
> {noformat}
> the pattern will be parsed as "{{/\*\*/\*.[Dd}}", which is probably not what
> the user intended and matches, for example, "{{/path/x.\[Dd}}" instead of the
> expected "{{/path/x.doc}}".
> This limitation was present in the authz rules since their inception and is a
> side effect of how Subversion's config parser parses section names. See:
> {{parse_section_name()}} in {{libsvn_subr/config_file.c}}.
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