Why doesn't Subversion allow to commit .htaccess files?

Question

I can't commit .htaccess files from my Windows SVN client (TortoiseSVN). The error that is returned is:

Could not read status line: Existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

And here is basically what my vhost looks like in Apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain.com/legacy/trunk/html
  ServerName mydomain.com

  <Directory /var/www/>
    FileETag MTime Size
    AllowOverride All
  </Directory>

  <Directory /var/www/tools>
    AllowOverride All
  </Directory>

  <Location /svn>
    DAV svn
    SVNPath /var/svn/repos/MyRepo

    # Limit write permission to list of valid users.
    # Require SSL connection for password protection.
    # SSLRequireSSL
    ErrorDocument 404 default

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Authorization Realm"
    AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>

How can this be changed, so that .htaccess files can be committed?

Answer 1

Just found out how to fix that issue - just put this into your virtual host configuration in order to override global http.conf:

<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Satisfy All
</Files>

Source

THIS is the correct answer for sure (tested), but the op abandoned his question :/

Answer 2

Subversion is being served from an Apache server that's also using .htaccess for access control, so it might be preventing you from doing something you don't quite intend.