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Thomas De Schampheleire
db: introduce constraint ensuring no duplicate (reviewer, pullrequest) combinations

A reviewer should only be added once to a review.

Previously, this was not ensured by the database itself, although that the
controller would try to not add duplicate reviewers. But there was no hard
guarantee: e.g. simultaneous adding of the same reviewer to the same review
by a review owner and admin, a framework bug that sends the same request
twice, ... could still trigger duplicate addition. Additionally, code
changes (e.g. a new API) could introduce bugs at the controller level.

Existing production databases were found to contain such duplicate entries.
Nevertheless, as the code displaying reviewers in a pull request filtered
out duplicates, this never showed in the UI, and never was a 'real' problem.

Add a UniqueConstraint in the database to prevent such entries, with a
database migration step that will first find and remove existing duplicates.
.. _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.