diff -r 538d6b198f4a -r f4daa224dc7e access.py
--- a/access.py	Tue Apr 22 09:46:29 2008 +0100
+++ b/access.py	Tue Apr 22 10:13:39 2008 +0100
@@ -25,17 +25,28 @@
         self.user = os.environ['REMOTE_USER']
         self.rules = rules.Ruleset.readfile(os.environ['HG_ACCESS_RULES_FILE'])
 
-    def check(self, node):
+    def allow(self, node):
         '''return if access allowed, raise exception if not.'''
-        files = self.repo.changectx(node).files()
-        for f in files:
-            if not self.rules.allow("write", user=self.user, repo=self.repo_path, file=f):
+        ctx = self.repo.changectx(node)
+        branch = ctx.branch()
+        if not self.rules.allow("write", user=self.user, repo=self.repo_path, branch=self.branch, file=None):
+            self.ui.debug(_('%s: user %s not allowed on branch %s\n') %
+                (__name__, self.user, branch))
+            return False
+        for f in ctx.files():
+            if not self.rules.allow("write", user=self.user, repo=self.repo_path, branch=self.branch, file=f):
                 self.ui.debug(_('%s: user %s not allowed on %s\n') %
-                              (__name__, self.getuser(), f))
-                raise util.Abort(_('%s: access denied for changeset %s') %
-                                 (__name__, short(node)))
+                              (__name__, self.user, f))
+                return False
         self.ui.debug(_('%s: allowing changeset %s\n') % (__name__, short(node)))
+        return True
 
+    def check(self, node):
+        if not allow(self, node):
+            raise util.Abort(_('%s: access denied for changeset %s') %
+                (__name__, short(node)))
+
+        
 def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, source=None, **kwargs):
     if hooktype != 'pretxnchangegroup':
         raise util.Abort(_('config error - hook type "%s" cannot stop '