diff --git a/spec/app/services/scm/checkout_instructions_service_spec.rb b/spec/app/services/scm/checkout_instructions_service_spec.rb
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@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+#-- encoding: UTF-8
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is a project management system.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 the OpenProject Foundation (OPF)
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Scm::CheckoutInstructionsService do
+  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.build(:user) }
+  let(:project) { FactoryGirl.build(:project) }
+
+  let(:url) { 'file:///tmp/some/svn/repo' }
+  let(:repository) {
+    FactoryGirl.build(:repository_subversion,
+                      url: url,
+                      project: project)
+  }
+
+  let(:base_url) { 'http://example.org/svn/' }
+  let(:checkout_hash) {
+    {
+      'git' => { 'enabled' => '0' },
+      'subversion' => { 'enabled' => '1',
+                        'text' => 'foo',
+                        'base_url' => base_url
+                      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  subject(:service) { Scm::CheckoutInstructionsService.new(repository, user) }
+
+  before do
+    allow(Setting).to receive(:repository_checkout_data).and_return(checkout_hash)
+  end
+
+  describe '#checkout_url' do
+    shared_examples 'builds the correct URL' do
+      it 'builds the correct URL' do
+        expect(service.checkout_url)
+          .to eq(URI("http://example.org/svn/#{project.identifier}"))
+      end
+
+      it 'builds a subpath' do
+        expect(service.checkout_url('foo/bar'))
+          .to eq(URI("http://example.org/svn/#{project.identifier}/foo/bar"))
+      end
+    end
+
+    it_behaves_like 'builds the correct URL'
+
+    context 'with missing trailing slash' do
+      it_behaves_like 'builds the correct URL'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#checkout_command' do
+    it 'returns the SCM vendor command' do
+      expect(service.checkout_command).to eq('svn checkout')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#settings' do
+    it 'svn is available for checkout' do
+      expect(service.available?).to be true
+      expect(service.checkout_enabled?).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'has the correct settings' do
+      expect(Setting.repository_checkout_data['subversion']['enabled']).to eq('1')
+      expect(service.instructions).to eq('foo')
+      expect(service.checkout_base_url).to eq(base_url)
+    end
+
+    context 'missing checkout base URL' do
+      let(:base_url) { '' }
+
+      it 'is not available for checkout even when enabled' do
+        expect(service.checkout_base_url).to eq(base_url)
+        expect(service.checkout_enabled?).to be true
+        expect(service.available?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'disabled repository' do
+      let(:repository) { FactoryGirl.build(:repository_git) }
+
+      it 'git is not available for checkout' do
+        expect(service.available?).to be false
+        expect(service.checkout_enabled?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#permission' do
+    context 'with no managed repository' do
+      it 'is not applicable' do
+        expect(service.permission?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with managed repository' do
+      before do
+        allow(repository).to receive(:managed?).and_return(true)
+      end
+
+      it 'is applicable' do
+        expect(service.permission?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct permissions' do
+        expect(user)
+          .to receive(:allowed_to?).with(:commit_access, any_args)
+          .and_return(true, false, false)
+
+        expect(user)
+          .to receive(:allowed_to?).with(:browse_repository, any_args)
+          .and_return(true, false)
+
+        expect(service.permission).to eq(:readwrite)
+        expect(service.permission).to eq(:read)
+        expect(service.permission).to eq(:none)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct permissions for commit access' do
+        allow(user)
+          .to receive(:allowed_to?).with(:commit_access, any_args)
+          .and_return(true)
+
+        expect(service.may_commit?).to be true
+        expect(service.may_checkout?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct permissions for read access' do
+        allow(user)
+          .to receive(:allowed_to?).with(:commit_access, any_args)
+                .and_return(false)
+        allow(user)
+          .to receive(:allowed_to?).with(:browse_repository, any_args)
+                .and_return(true)
+
+        expect(service.may_commit?).to be false
+        expect(service.may_checkout?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct permissions for no access' do
+        allow(user).to receive(:allowed_to?).and_return(false)
+
+        expect(service.may_commit?).to be false
+        expect(service.may_checkout?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/repositories_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/repositories_controller_spec.rb
index a20641f773..07a628620c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/repositories_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/repositories_controller_spec.rb
@@ -138,6 +138,29 @@ describe RepositoriesController, type: :controller do
         expect(response.code).to eq('200')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'with #show and checkout' do
+      render_views
+
+      let(:checkout_hash) {
+        {
+          'subversion' => { 'enabled' => '1',
+                            'text' => 'foo',
+                            'base_url' => 'http://localhost'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      before do
+        allow(Setting).to receive(:repository_checkout_data).and_return(checkout_hash)
+        get :show, project_id: project.identifier
+      end
+        it 'renders an empty warning view' do
+          expect(response).to render_template 'repositories/empty'
+          expect(response).to render_template partial: 'repositories/_checkout_instructions'
+          expect(response.code).to eq('200')
+        end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'with filesystem repository' do