I need to outsource some programming. I was thinking of setting up a computer the programmers could Remote Desktop into with a full test environment set up on that computer.
I have never used subversion and was wondering if I could give them access to only certain modules so that could not even see the code to modules they did not need?
Thanks in Advance,
... if I could give them access to only certain modules so that could not even see the code to modules they did not need?
Sure, at least on directory level when serving Subversion through Apache.
See the http chapter in The Book.
If you're on Windows, Subversion server wrappers like free VisualSVN Server make access control brain-dead easy.
I know that in Windows, the user they use to access the Subversion system can be a normal Windows user, and you can just set up permissions to allow access to folders that way.
Yes, take a look in the conf/authz file.
Plenty of examples in there.
However, if you are giving them full access to the machine with subversion on it then that won't help stop them...