Allow to globally enforce repository limits
Problem to solve
GitLab.com currently sets a 10 GB limit for repositories. On a local installation a similar limit cannot be enforced because groups and projects can opt out of the global limit.
Target audience
- Sidney, Systems Administrator, https://design.gitlab.com/research/personas#persona-sidney
Further details
The admin settings are only setting up defaults and are unsuitable for actual policy enforcement. The only way I know of currently to enforce this is by editing the EE code after each update.
Proposal
Make the global limit a strict upper limit that cannot be bypassed (individual projects can still select a lower one if they wish for instance), or provide the option for users to choose between default/strict. System administrators alone can raise a project's limit above the global option.
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
Success is if on an unmodified EE installation you can set a repository size limit that actually matters and project owners cannot bypass.