Merge branch 'cookies-in-redis' of /home/git/repositories/gitlab/gitlabhq

CHANGELOG

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ v 6.2.0
   - Extended User API to expose admin and can_create_group for user creation/updating (Boyan Tabakov)
   - API: Remove group
   - Avatar upload on profile page with a maximum of 200KB (Steven Thonus)
+  - Store the sessions in Redis instead of the cookie store
 
 v 6.1.0
   - Project specific IDs for issues, mr, milestones

config/initializers/session_store.rb

 # Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
 
-Gitlab::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_gitlab_session',
+Gitlab::Application.config.session_store(
+  :redis_store, # Using the cookie_store would enable session replay attacks.
+  key: '_gitlab_session',
   secure: Gitlab::Application.config.force_ssl,
   httponly: true,
   path: (Rails.application.config.relative_url_root.nil?) ? '/' : Rails.application.config.relative_url_root
-
-# Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default,
-# which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information
-# (create the session table with "rails generate session_migration")
-# Gitlab::Application.config.session_store :active_record_store
+)