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Thomas De Schampheleire
tests: use test_context for tests needing internationalization (bis)

Commit 8e3137064ab6 already introduced the use of test_context to cover
internationalization in the test suite, instead of setting it up globally.

When making changes related to formencode internationalization, a new batch
of internationalization errors popped up and a commit was made to fix them.
However, after some later refactoring, it looked as if the commit was not
needed anymore.

In Turbogears context, it was indeed not necessary as long as we still had
some places that used the dummy formencode.api._ rather than a real version
of _ (ugettext).
After cleaning up that forgotten import, the test internationalization
errors popped up again. Hence, we need to reapply the earlier commit (with
some changes).
.. _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.