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Mads Kiilerich
compare: correct display of special branch names in initial placeholder

When a branch name contains special characters like '<' or '>', and a
'compare' operation is performed with such branch as one of the two compare
sides, then the special branch name will be part of the URL, e.g.

http://localhost:5000/myrepo/compare/branch@master...branch@%3Cscript%3Eblabla%3C/script%3E?other_repo=myrepo

The encoded branch name is then used at page load as placeholders for the
branch selection dropdowns. But, the special characters, were escaped too
much, causing '<' to become &lt; in the display of the dropdown.

It was not correct to use h.jshtml() to escape in the template. That applied
html formatting, too much and too early. We want the raw value. h.js() gives us
that, while still formatting and escaping the string so it is safe inside the
script tag.
.. _debugging:

===================
Debugging Kallithea
===================

If you encounter problems with Kallithea, here are some instructions
on how to debug them.

.. note:: First make sure you're using the latest version available.


Enable detailed debug
---------------------

Kallithea uses the standard Python ``logging`` module to log its output.
By default only loggers with ``INFO`` level are displayed. To enable full output
change ``level = DEBUG`` for all logging handlers in the currently used .ini file.
This change will allow you to see much more detailed output in the log file or
console. This generally helps a lot to track issues.


Enable interactive debug mode
-----------------------------

To enable interactive debug mode simply comment out ``set debug = false`` in
the .ini file. This will trigger an interactive debugger each time
there is an error in the browser, or send a http link if an error occurred in the backend. This
is a great tool for fast debugging as you get a handy Python console right
in the web view.

.. warning:: NEVER ENABLE THIS ON PRODUCTION! The interactive console
             can be a serious security threat to your system.