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Søren Løvborg
utils: improve extract_mentioned_users usefulness

Previously, extract_mentioned_users performed a regex search, converted
to a set to remove duplicates, converted that set back into a list, and
sorted the list on username, ignoring case. Every single caller of the
function then promptly took the carefully pruned and sorted result and
put it back into a set, rendering the entire exercise pointless.

In addition, every caller also resolved the usernames to database User
objects.

In this changeset, extract_mentioned_users is changed to return a set
of database User objects directly. A new extract_mentioned_usernames
function, which does only username extraction, is kept for the sole
purpose of providing a more testable interface (no database needed).

Bonus feature: The new extract_mentioned_users will prune non-existent
users, as well as the DEFAULT user. This means it is no longer possible
to @mention (and send notifications to) the DEFAULT user.
.. _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.