Make the repository downloads path configurable

CHANGELOG

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 6.8.0
   - Make user search case-insensitive (Christopher Arnold)
   - Remove omniauth-ldap nickname bug workaround
   - Drop all tables before restoring a Postgres backup
+  - Make the repository downloads path configurable
 
 v 6.7.2
   - Fix upgrader script

app/controllers/projects/repositories_controller.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Projects::RepositoriesController < Projects::ApplicationController
       render_404 and return
     end
 
-    storage_path = Rails.root.join("tmp", "repositories")
+    storage_path = Gitlab.config.gitlab.repository_downloads_path
 
     file_path = @repository.archive_repo(params[:ref], storage_path, params[:format].downcase)
 

config/gitlab.yml.example

@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ production: &base
       snippets: false
       visibility_level: "private"  # can be "private" | "internal" | "public"
 
+    ## Repository downloads directory
+    # When a user clicks e.g. 'Download zip' on a project, a temporary zip file is created in the following directory.
+    # repository_downloads_path: tmp/repositories
+
   ## External issues trackers
   issues_tracker:
     # redmine:

config/initializers/1_settings.rb

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wiki']           = true if Settings.g
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wall']           = false if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['wall'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets']       = false if Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['snippets'].nil?
 Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level']    = Settings.send(:verify_constant, Gitlab::VisibilityLevel, Settings.gitlab.default_projects_features['visibility_level'], Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PRIVATE)
+Settings.gitlab['repository_downloads_path'] = File.absolute_path(Settings.gitlab['repository_downloads_path'] || 'tmp/repositories', Rails.root)
 
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lib/api/repositories.rb

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ module API
         repo = user_project.repository
         ref = params[:sha]
         format = params[:format]
-        storage_path = Rails.root.join("tmp", "repositories")
+        storage_path = Gitlab.config.gitlab.repository_downloads_path
 
         file_path = repo.archive_repo(ref, storage_path, format)
         if file_path && File.exists?(file_path)