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Feature #2075

Make an option to fully automate repository creation without editing the URL field

Added by Humberto Anjos over 11 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Open
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Target version:
-
Start date:
26 Jun 2012
Due date:
% Done:

0%

External issue:

Description

Here’s my situation: I need a SourceForge-like solution for internal use in my company, and Redmine seems like the best option. I need to create repositories only through Redmine, so this plugin fell like a glove Thing is, the URL field is fully editable, so users can create repos anywhere on the server

So my current options now are:
  • stick to Redmine 1.3 and SCM Creator 0.3; or
  • migrate to Redmine 2, SCM Creator 0.4, use the Force repository creation for all projects configuration and limit repos to one per project (max_repos: 1), so the user never gets the option of editing the URL.

The best solution (for me) would be for the URL field to be non-editable, and for the URL to be fully determined by the project name, the path in scm.yml and the repository identifier. So, for a path /var/lib/svn, a project test and an repository main, the repo’s full URL would be file:///var/lib/svn/test/main.

Of course, Redmine-based authentication should still work (it seems like a simple matter, but I don’t know if there’s any hidden surprises...).


Related issues

Related to SCM Creator (+Github) - Feature #2078: Show users a friendly URL instead of the repo's full path Closed 29 Jun 2012
Follows SCM Creator (+Github) - Feature #2053: Set repository path according to identifier when using multiple repositories Open 15 Jun 2012

History

#1 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Open

... the URL field is fully editable, so users can create repos anywhere on the server

No, they can’t! If users change the path (and this path differs from the one specified in scm.yml) they will get an error.

The best solution (for me) would be for the URL field to be non-editable, and for the URL to be fully determined by the project name, the path in scm.yml and the repository identifier. So, for a path /var/lib/svn, a project test and an repository main, the repo’s full URL would be file:///var/lib/svn/test/main.

Of course, Redmine-based authentication should still work (it seems like a simple matter, but I don’t know if there’s any hidden surprises...).

Not sure if file:///var/lib/svn/test/main will work with Redmine-based authentication... Seems it should be file:///var/lib/svn/test.main instead...

Anyway why do you need that main if there should be only one repo per project?.. I would recommend to go with Force repository creation for all projects in this case. Or I did not get something...

#2 Updated by Humberto Anjos over 11 years ago

My writing definitely needs some work...

No, they can’t! If users change the path (and this path differs from the one specified in scm.yml) they will get an error.

I may have overstated the problem The issue I actually encountered is that I can name my repos anything I want (inside scm.yml's path), and that name may collide with another project’s.

For example, given a path /var/lib/svn: if I create a project test, I can create a repo at /var/lib/svn/test. But I can create another repo for test at /var/lib/svn/test2. If later on, another user creates a project named test2, he can’t use /var/lib/svn/test2 because that’s already taken. From the second user’s perspective, that seems like a bug.

Enabling fully automatic repo creation would mean that name collisions like this just can’t happen. And it would be easier for the users, too; just pick a name for your new repo and you’re good to go. This is how it is with Gitorious, for example.

My ultimate goal is something like Google Code/Github/Gitorious, where the user shouldn’t have to bother at all with where on the server his repos should go. They all will be created for him, readily accessible with nice URLs, and all using Redmine for authentication. That may be a little outside this plugin’s original calling, but it’s so close...

Anyway why do you need that main if there should be only one repo per project?.. I would recommend to go with Force repository creation for all projects in this case. Or I did not get something...

The one repo per project and forced repo creation is my current workaround for the issue. Since the user never gets to muck around with the URL, there’s no problem. I intend to enable multiple repos, except that letting my users edit the URL (almost) at will is asking for trouble...

Not sure if file:///var/lib/svn/test/main will work with Redmine-based authentication... Seems it should be file:///var/lib/svn/test.main instead...

Sure, why not
As long as Redmine-based auth works, the repos are created automatically and there’s no name collisions, the actual path is not a problem

Update: fixed the quoting.

#3 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

Ok, I got it.

My ultimate goal is something like Google Code/Github/Gitorious, where the user shouldn’t have to bother at all with where on the server his repos should go. They all will be created for him, readily accessible with nice URLs, and all using Redmine for authentication. That may be a little outside this plugin’s original calling, but it’s so close...

With auto_create=true you get this, don’t you?

#4 Updated by Humberto Anjos over 11 years ago

My ultimate goal is something like Google Code/Github/Gitorious, where the user shouldn’t have to bother at all with where on the server his repos should go. They all will be created for him, readily accessible with nice URLs, and all using Redmine for authentication. That may be a little outside this plugin’s original calling, but it’s so close...

With auto_create=true you get this, don’t you?

I did try it, but I can’t recall the results (gotta get an external HD for my brain ), and forced creation and one repo per project worked well enough.

I’m at home, so I can’t verify this right now, but this issue will pop up whenever the user gets an editable URL field.

#5 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

Yes, I understand.
Feature request accepted! Will do this.

#6 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

  • Target version set to 0.4.1

#7 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

  • Assignee set to Andriy Lesyuk
  • Target version deleted (0.4.1)

I guess this issue should be resolved along with #2053... Otherwise how would it be possible to add more repositories? By accepting .<number>?

Will perhaps name the appropriate option deny_url_edit...

#8 Updated by Humberto Anjos over 11 years ago

Andriy Lesyuk wrote:

I guess this issue should be resolved along with #2053... Otherwise how would it be possible to add more repositories? By accepting .<number>?

I didn’t quite get #2053... With it implemented, wouldn’t renaming the identifier move the repo around in the server’s filesystem? And isn’t the URL immutable once created? If so, for my situation at least, providing an identifier should be mandatory and immutable once given, just like a project identifier, shouldn’t it? Or am I missing something?

#9 Updated by Andriy Lesyuk over 11 years ago

I didn’t quite get #2053... With it implemented, wouldn’t renaming the identifier move the repo around in the server’s filesystem? And isn’t the URL immutable once created? If so, for my situation at least, providing an identifier should be mandatory and immutable once given, just like a project identifier, shouldn’t it? Or am I missing something?

Saying you have right now (when you create a repository): repository identifier set to “” (empty) and URL set to file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.2. URL is immutable (that is a user can’t modify it). When you change repostory identifier to additional the URL is automatically changed to file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.additional (it’s still immutable for users, but not for JavaScript). As soon as you click “Create new repository” both – Identifier and URL – become immutable.

Without this URL for additional repos will be set to something like file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.2... And there will be no way to change.

Hope this makes sense? Your thoughts?

#10 Updated by Humberto Anjos over 11 years ago

Andriy Lesyuk wrote:

Saying you have right now (when you create a repository): repository identifier set to “” (empty) and URL set to file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.2. URL is immutable (that is a user can’t modify it). When you change repostory identifier to additional the URL is automatically changed to file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.additional (it’s still immutable for users, but not for JavaScript). As soon as you click “Create new repository” both – Identifier and URL – become immutable.

Without this URL for additional repos will be set to something like file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.2... And there will be no way to change.

Hope this makes sense? Your thoughts?

OK, I got it now. This solution works almost perfectly for me! It would be perfect along #2078

Update: mentioning #2078 as well.

#11 Updated by Lluís - over 11 years ago

Andriy Lesyuk wrote:

When you change repostory identifier to additional the URL is automatically changed to file:///var/lib/svn/test-project.additional (it’s still immutable for users, but not for JavaScript). As soon as you click “Create new repository” both – Identifier and URL – become immutable.

Just as a side note, URL editability should also be enforced in the server code (not just JavaScript), or malicious users would otherwise be able to create repositories at arbitrary locations in the system by forging the appropriate requests.

#12 Updated by Ludovic Schoepps over 9 years ago

Hi,

Any news on this ? I would really appreciate this option for the users of the University I’m working on. It would be even better if the url field doesn’t appear and we only ask the user for the identifier. This way, the user is not bothered with an url including "/var/lib/svn” since he only needs an url like “http://redmine.example.com/svn/<generated_id>”

Best regards,

Ludovic Schoepps.

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