Virus in Subversion repository, what to do?
- by furtelwart
Imagine the following situation:
A virus infected file was commited into a Subversion repository.
A Anti Virus scanner runs on the server and also scans the Subversion repository.
The Anti Virus scanner will delete the affected revision or move it to quarantine. The consequence is a broken repository.
If the revision file is recoverable (from quarantine), how to solve this problem?
I have some goals to achieve:
The AV is not allowed to be disabled or excluded from the directories.
The virus infected file must not be stored in the repository
The repository must be consistens and usable.
What is the nicest solution for this little problem?