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Closes #685.

Today the only way to remove one repository from the git cache is to stop the server and delete its directory.

With cache_delete set:

• DELETE /api/git/{upstream}/{repo} removes one repository. {repo} is the path under the upstream, with or without .git. The response names the repository and the bytes freed (freed_bytes).
• /ui/git gets a Delete button per repository, sending to /ui/api/git/... with the same two-click cache-delete.js the version page uses.
• gitcache.Cache.Remove moves the repository aside under the cache's lock, as eviction does, so the next clone fetches it again and the size accounting stays right.

One change from the proposal: a repository that a clone, a fetch or a client is using answers 409, rather than being dropped at once and deleted once the last read ends. A new clone would move its copy into the same directory while the old one is still there, so waiting for the reads to end would need a second directory per repository. Most reads end within seconds, so a retry is enough.

Without cache_delete, neither route is registered and the page shows no button. Swagger docs regenerated with go generate ./internal/server.

Tested with go test ./... and golangci-lint run ./... (0 issues).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added an API for deleting cached Git repositories. Successful responses report the repository and space freed; missing repositories return not found, and repositories in use cannot be deleted.
  • Added a Delete control to the Git repository list when cache deletion is enabled.
• Documentation
  • Documented the endpoint, its cache_delete requirement, and its responses. Clarified that the deletion endpoints have no authentication and should be restricted at the ingress.

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Walkthrough

The change adds deletion of cached Git repositories through API routes and the Git repository page. The cache rejects deletion when a repository is in use. Successful API responses include the repository name and freed bytes.

Changes: Git Repository Deletion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cache removal and validation internal/gitcache/remove.go, internal/gitcache/remove_test.go	Cache.Remove removes idle repositories and returns their recorded size. It returns errors for missing or in-use repositories. Tests cover removal, active use, missing keys, and failed-want tracking.
Delete API and route registration internal/server/git_delete.go, internal/server/server.go, internal/server/git_delete_test.go, docs/swagger/docs.go, docs/swagger/swagger.json	The server registers DELETE routes for cached Git repositories. The handler returns 404 for unknown or uncached repositories, 409 for in-use repositories, and an internal error for other removal errors. Successful responses include the repository name and freed bytes. The Swagger specifications document the endpoint and response. Tests cover routes and responses.
Git page controls and deletion documentation internal/server/git_ui.go, internal/server/templates/pages/git_repositories.html, docs/configuration.md, README.md, config.example.yaml, internal/config/config.go	When cache deletion is enabled, the Git repository page displays a delete control for each row. The documentation describes the API, UI route, response, deletion constraints, and ingress restrictions.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant GitDeleteHandler
  participant GitCache
  Client->>GitDeleteHandler: Send DELETE request
  GitDeleteHandler->>GitCache: Remove repository
  GitCache-->>GitDeleteHandler: Return freed bytes or removal error
  GitDeleteHandler-->>Client: Return response or error

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Possibly related issues

• git-pkgs/proxy#403: The issue concerns Git clone and fetch caching, which is related to this change’s removal of cached repositories.

Possibly related PRs

• git-pkgs/proxy#675: Adds the Git repository page and row that this change extends with delete controls.
• git-pkgs/proxy#706: Changes Git repository usage tracking, which relates to this change’s in-use deletion check.

Suggested labels: enhancement

Suggested reviewers: andrew

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 4cd5e

This change adds an opt-in, cache_delete-gated way to delete a cached Git repository through the API and the Git page. Deletion of in-use repositories is refused with a conflict response. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to 4cd5e

Existing installations with cache deletion enabled may expose the new Git deletion endpoint unless ingress rules are updated before upgrading. The potential impact is removal of idle cached repositories and forced upstream re-cloning, not deletion of upstream repositories. Active repositories are protected, and the feature remains disabled by default.

Retained concerns

• Medium · security · inferred: Reusing cache_delete automatically enables a new destructive root URL on upgrades. An installation that followed the previous guidance by restricting only /api/cache and /ui can leave /api/git reachable by untrusted callers when a Git cache is configured. Such callers can delete idle cached repositories without application credentials, forcing later requests to re-clone. The updated ingress guidance mitigates this only when operators apply it; actual deployment exposure is unverified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — If ingress exposes the new route, a network caller needs no application credentials to target known idle cached repositories across configured Git upstreams in that server instance. The operation removes local cache copies and can force expensive or unavailable upstream re-cloning; it does not delete upstream repositories or grant arbitrary filesystem deletion.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — The conditional upgrade attack path is an untrusted caller reaching the newly registered root DELETE URL through ingress rules that still protect only the previously documented paths, then invoking registry-backed cache deletion. Application-level unauthenticated cache deletion predates this PR; the new concern is that its URL coverage and Git-cache authority expand without a new opt-in.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The strongest exposure counterevidence is default-off enablement, the non-nil Git-cache gate, UI requests remaining under /ui, and updated documentation explicitly requiring /api/git ingress protection. Configured-upstream lookup and registry-keyed removal constrain the filesystem sink, but do not authenticate a caller that reaches the endpoint.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Clone, refresh and client-serving paths hold repository uses that make Remove refuse deletion. Rename and registry removal share the cache lock; rename failure preserves the live registry entry. Successful removal clears related failure markers, repetition reports absence, and startup cleanup removes temporary trash left by interruption. These controls contain deletion to idle cache state.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Consider a separate explicit opt-in for Git deletion, or an administrative authorization boundary shared by destructive APIs, so an existing cache_delete setting cannot expand access before ingress policy is updated. At minimum, treat protection of /api/git as a prerequisite for upgrading enabled installations.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title states the main change: a cached Git repository can now be deleted from both the UI and the API. The changeset adds DELETE /api/git/{upstream}/{repo}, a Delete button on the /ui/git page, an…
Linked Issues check		Issue #685 is the only active directly linked target. Its coding requirements are: (1) a cache_delete-guarded DELETE /api/git/... route and a /ui/git Delete control; (2) eviction-style removal t…
Out of Scope Changes check		All listed changes relate to #685: cache removal logic and its tests (internal/gitcache/remove.go, remove_test.go), the API handler and route registration (git_delete.go, server.go), the `/ui/…

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Explanation

The title states the main change: a cached Git repository can now be deleted from both the UI and the API. The changeset adds DELETE /api/git/{upstream}/{repo}, a Delete button on the /ui/git page, and gitcache Cache.Remove. The title is specific and concise, and it matches the PR objectives and file summaries.

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Issue #685 is the only active directly linked target. Its coding requirements are: (1) a cache_delete-guarded DELETE /api/git/... route and a /ui/git Delete control; (2) eviction-style removal that keeps size accounting correct and lets the next clone fetch again; (3) 409 for a repository in a clone or fetch; (4) a response reporting the removed repository and freed bytes. The whole-PR summary shows: internal/server/git_delete.go adds the handler, returning 409 when in use and a response with repository and freed_bytes; internal/server/server.go registers the route only when cache_delete is enabled; internal/server/git_ui.go and git_repositories.html add DeleteURL and the Delete button; internal/gitcache/remove.go implements Cache.Remove under the cache lock, returning ErrInUse for active use and clearing tracking and failed wants. Tests in internal/gitcache/remove_test.go and internal/server/git_delete_test.go cover removal, re-cloning, in-use and being-cloned refusal, and disabled configuration. The PR accepts {repo} with or without .git, which covers the proposed {path}.git form. The 409 for client use extends the issue's clone/fetch case; it does not remove any requirement. The PR's stated deviation (409 instead of deferred deletion) matches the issue's own requirement to answer 409 for in-use repositories. Prior PASS is preserved. Limits: this assessment relies on the supplied summary and the prior review; no fresh source read was made of the incremental changes since the previous heads.

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All listed changes relate to #685: cache removal logic and its tests (internal/gitcache/remove.go, remove_test.go), the API handler and route registration (git_delete.go, server.go), the /ui/git row field and template button (git_ui.go, git_repositories.html), generated Swagger files, and documentation and config comments describing cache_delete. The 409 handling for client use protects the same deletion operation and is not unrelated. The README table and docs updates describe the new route. No unrelated change is demonstrated by the supplied evidence. The commit message note about %2F testing supports the path-parsing tests. Limits: this relies on the supplied whole-PR summary, not a full diff read.

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Review comments at @internal/gitcache/remove.go:
- Line 25: Update the removal check in the path containing `rp.exists()` to
handle a nil `rp` first, then check `rp.users` before checking directory
existence so an active initial clone returns the conflict outcome rather than
`ErrNotCached`. Add a test covering removal while an initial clone is in
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- Line 47: On successful repository removal, clear the size-dependent
failed-want backoff records for that repository so newly available space allows
previously refused objects to be fetched. Update the removal flow near
delete(c.tooLarge, rp.key), preserving unrelated upstream-failure backoffs.

Review comments at @internal/server/git_delete.go:
- Line 31: Update the repository extraction around strings.Cut to derive the
repository from the decoded request path after removing the exact route prefix,
rather than using the raw wildcard value. Avoid unconditionally unescaping the
wildcard so already-decoded paths and literal percent sequences retain their
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