From b5f116f08bfd02f87b819411f89d93c711411c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riyad Preukschas <riyad@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:39:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a check whether repos_path is a symlink

---
 config/gitlab.yml.example   |  1 +
 lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 5546632cb7f..76dc6214088 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ backup:
 ## Gitolite settings
 gitolite:
   admin_uri: git@localhost:gitolite-admin
+  # repos_path must not be a symlink
   repos_path: /home/git/repositories/
   hooks_path: /home/git/.gitolite/hooks/
   admin_key: gitlab
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 72330440dbf..494d756b794 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       check_dot_gitolite_user_and_group
       check_dot_gitolite_permissions
       check_repo_base_exists
+      check_repo_base_is_not_symlink
       check_repo_base_user_and_group
       check_repo_base_permissions
       check_can_clone_gitolite_admin
@@ -692,6 +693,26 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
     end
 
+    def check_repo_base_is_not_symlink
+      print "Repo base directory is a symlink? ... "
+
+      repo_base_path = Gitlab.config.gitolite.repos_path
+      unless File.exists?(repo_base_path)
+        puts "can't check because of previous errors".magenta
+        return
+      end
+
+      unless File.symlink?(repo_base_path)
+        puts "no".green
+      else
+        puts "yes".red
+        try_fixing_it(
+          "Make sure it's set to the real directory in config/gitlab.yml"
+        )
+        fix_and_rerun
+      end
+    end
+
     def check_repo_base_permissions
       print "Repo base access is drwsrws---? ... "