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Mads Kiilerich
db: fix unknown exception type in commit error handling

efce61aac33d was a blind fix. It failed because `from sqlalchemy import *`
doesn't import exc and the new except clause would thus fail. It also failed
because the session has to be rolled back after a commit failure.

Now, rework it to fix these issues.

Note that we are able to detect whether the commit failed for valid reasons ...
but we can't use that information to much ...
.. _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.