Described is a system for managing a multi-user revision control repository which provides multi-level access control. The present invention describes creating configuration files which describe a set of management states of management areas of a repository. The configuration files describe access control to a set of management areas, and the set of management states is stored in the repository to create a self-hosting management implementation. A new commit is processed to the repository by contacting a revision control repository server with a client software, communicating a user's new revision to the revision control repository server, verifying the user's authentication and authorization prior to collecting a new revision with the revision control repository server, and executing a custom script configured to run on the revision control repository server.