Subversion Server Side Post Commit Hook

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i have a website with a release history. on every commit the releases.xml should be updated on the www directory.

the post commit hook seems to be client side only. is there a smart way to configure this on the server side, so that also the releases.xml from VPN users gets updated when no SMB share is working? (port might be closed)

i use subversion 1.7, apache 2.x running on debian 6

on sourcesafe there was a feature called "shadow folders". maybe i seek an equiv to that.

and yes i know i should port this to use a database, this is more politics than anything else :-)

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Hooks (all hooks in Subversion) are server-side - and repository-wide

Hooks are (properly named according to hook-type) executable by server OS program, which have (can) to be placed into hooks subdir in repository directory.

Because hook is ordinary program with predefined set of input parameters, it can perform any actions - it's a question of business-logic and permissions (hooks executed under credentials of user, under which Subversion is running - in your case local user for Apache - and must have rights to read|write for editable file)