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SVN: Checkout with One Key, Commit With Another

Jakob Heuser
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:44:57 -0700

This really shouldn't be as hard as it ends up being, but in subversion, you have a bear of a time checking out with one set of credentials, and then committing with a second set. For example, you want to give everyone a single public (read only) checkout path, and then let people with commit access use their ssh keys to do checkins. The secret actually lies in the clever use of the svn switch command. I in no way know if this is the best solution, but it seemed to be better than changing short usernames or other workarounds in the ssh client itself to force login with a certain user. [Read More]

SnapTest 1.2.1 Recap

Jakob Heuser
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:01:40 -0700

SnapTest 1.2.1 is now out, bringing with it URL obfuscation for the web front end, and a number of bug fixes. It's available on github in the usual distribution forms (tar.gz, zip). With it comes the most significant and requested feature: the finished web interface. [Read More]

A Few New Tricks

Jakob Heuser
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:44:06 -0700

So here we are on a blank canvas. Honestly, between you and I, this is a bit weird. I mean, unless you came from felocity.org I'm pretty sure you came from that vast Internet thing. So you know nothing about me, and I nothing about you. That's okay. I hope with time, we can break those walls down. Dare I say it, perhaps we can energize a synergy that will transform the blogoscapeosphere into a new paradigm. Or something. Whatever. That's not really why you're here. Felocity.com is the evolution of Felocity.org. More of the good, less of the bad, and a fresh start for the site. [Read More]

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