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Søren Løvborg
auth: track API key used for authentication in AuthUser

This allows us to define only once how an API key is passed to the app.
We might e.g. allow API keys to be passed in an HTTP header; with this
change, we only need to update the code in one place.

Also change the code to verify up front that the API key resolved to a
valid and active user, so LoginRequired doesn't need to do that.

Also return plain 403 Forbidden for bad API keys instead of redirecting
to the login form, which makes more sense for non-interactive clients
(the typical users of API keys).
.. _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.