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Thomas De Schampheleire

style: use monospace on all multi-line form inputs

Multi-line form input (textarea) is used for PR comments, PR descriptions,
repository descriptions and 'HTML/CSS/Javascript customization block'.
In the first three cases, the rendered result is displayed in monospace, so
the corresponding textarea should be as well.
As the expected content of the HTML/CSS/Javascript block is code, it makes
perfect sense to use monospace there too.

.. _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.