New Watchlist

Data model

We can watch Projects, Packages and BsRequest.

polymorphic association Watchable

table watched_items

• watchable_id
• watchable_type
• user_id

Project

has_many :watched_items, as: :watchable

Package

has_many :watched_items, as: :watchable

BsRequest

has_many :watched_items, as: :watchable

WatchedItem

  belongs_to :watchable, polymorphic: true
  belongs_to :user

Feature flag

Allows the user to use the new watchables.

User Operations

Those operations should be behind the feature flag.

We could:

• mark project as watched by someone
• mark package as watched by someone
• mark request as watched by someone
• remove watched mark by someone from a project
• remove watched mark by someone from a package
• remove watched mark by someone from a request
• list watched items by someone

Checking permissions to

• anybody can create watched items for itself
• nobody can create watched items for anyone else unless Admin
• nobody can delete watched items from anybody's watchlist unless Admin
• only the user can see its own watchlist

Steps

• Create the migration
• Update models
• Create the feature flag
• Implement the controllers to manage watchables
• Implement the new UI behind the feature flag

UI Improvements

Bookmark a project, package or request by clicking on an icon near the project name, package name or request name (:fa-bookmark)