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dependencies: remove duplicate dependencies in dev_requirements.txt Babel and WebOb were present both in setup.py and dev_requirements.txt. When explicitly setting minimum dependencies in setup.py and running: pip install --upgrade -e . -r dev_requirements.txt python-ldap python-pam this duplication replaced useful diagnostic message from pip with less useful ones. For example, the following message was displayed when the Babel dependency duplication is present: kallithea 0.4.0rc1 has requirement Babel<2.7,==0.9.6, but you'll have babel 2.6.0 which is incompatible. When removing the duplication in dev_requirements.txt, this becomes: sphinx 1.7.9 has requirement babel!=2.0,>=1.3, but you'll have babel 0.9.6 which is incompatible. which makes it clear that to solve this problem, we need to bump the minimum dependency for Babel in setup.py from 0.9.6 to 1.3.
author Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com>
date Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:57:39 +0100
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.. _locking:

==================
Repository locking
==================

Kallithea has a *repository locking* feature, disabled by default. When
enabled, every initial clone and every pull gives users (with write permission)
the exclusive right to do a push.

When repository locking is enabled, repositories get a ``locked`` flag.
The hg/git commands ``hg/git clone``, ``hg/git pull``,
and ``hg/git push`` influence this state:

- A ``clone`` or ``pull`` action locks the target repository
  if the user has write/admin permissions on this repository.

- Kallithea will remember the user who locked the repository so only this
  specific user can unlock the repo by performing a ``push``
  command.

- Every other command on a locked repository from this user and every command
  from any other user will result in an HTTP return code 423 (Locked).
  Additionally, the HTTP error will mention the user that locked the repository
  (e.g., “repository <repo> locked by user <user>”).

Each repository can be manually unlocked by an administrator from the
repository settings menu.