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Fix git access denied errors when using Spring

Heinrich Lee Yu requested to merge fix-spring-git-access-denied into master

What does this MR do?

When allowing git disk access, we call Gitlab::GitalyClient::StorageSettings.allow_disk_access which tracks this using a class instance variable.

When classes are unloaded by Spring, we still keep a stale instance of Gitlab::GitalyClient::StorageSettings in Gitlab.config. And when self.class.disk_access_denied? is called on that instance, it was checking the class instance variable of the stale class.

We fix this by using Gitlab::GitalyClient::StorageSettings.disk_access_denied? so that both of them use the same class instance variable.

Steps to reproduce the problem (You can use any other spec)

  1. bin/spring stop
  2. bin/rspec spec/models/key_spec.rb:6
  3. touch app/models/key.rb
  4. bin/rspec spec/models/key_spec.rb:6

You will see:

An error occurred while loading ./spec/models/key_spec.rb.
Failure/Error: raise DirectPathAccessError, "git disk access denied"

Gitlab::GitalyClient::StorageSettings::DirectPathAccessError:
  git disk access denied

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

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Edited by Heinrich Lee Yu

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