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Mads Kiilerich
cleanup: remove dead code and templates related to 'Switch To'

a33448d81f70 introduced a new 'Switch To' functionality and removed the last
reference to branch_tag_switcher and thus to switch_to_list.html and the tags,
bookmarks and branches pages.

We don't need these pages ... and if we do, we will implement them differently.
They are mostly YUI datatables with compare links that only can compare within
the same kind of revision names.
.. _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.