Move 'clear checks' button to applicatoin settings

app/controllers/admin/application_settings_controller.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ class Admin::ApplicationSettingsController < Admin::ApplicationController
     redirect_to admin_runners_path
   end
 
+  def clear_repository_check_states
+    Project.update_all(
+      last_repository_check_failed: false,
+      last_repository_check_at: nil
+    )
+
+    redirect_to(
+      admin_application_settings_path,
+      notice: 'All repository check states were cleared'
+    )
+  end
+
+
   private
 
   def set_application_setting
@@ -82,6 +95,7 @@ class Admin::ApplicationSettingsController < Admin::ApplicationController
       :akismet_enabled,
       :akismet_api_key,
       :email_author_in_body,
+      :repository_checks_enabled,
       restricted_visibility_levels: [],
       import_sources: []
     )

app/controllers/admin/projects_controller.rb

@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ class Admin::ProjectsController < Admin::ApplicationController
     )
   end
 
-  def clear_repository_check_states
-    Project.update_all(
-      last_repository_check_failed: false,
-      last_repository_check_at: nil
-    )
-
-    redirect_to(
-      admin_namespaces_projects_path,
-      notice: 'All project states were cleared'
-    )
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def project

app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml

@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@
             GitLab will periodically run 
             %a{ href: 'https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fsck.html', target: 'blank' } 'git fsck'
             in all project and wiki repositories to look for silent disk corruption issues.
+    .form-group
+      .col-sm-offset-2.col-sm-10
+        = link_to 'Clear all repository checks', clear_repository_check_states_admin_application_settings_path, data: { confirm: 'This will clear repository check states for ALL projects in the database. This cannot be undone. Are you sure?' }, method: :put, class: "btn btn-sm btn-remove"
+        .help-block
+          If you got a lot of false alarms from repository checks (maybe your fileserver was temporarily unavailable) you can choose to clear all repository check information from the database.
+ 
 
   .form-actions
     = f.submit 'Save', class: 'btn btn-save'

app/views/admin/projects/index.html.haml

@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@
         = button_tag "Search", class: "btn submit btn-primary"
         = link_to "Reset", admin_namespaces_projects_path, class: "btn btn-cancel"
 
-    .panel.panel-default.repository-check-states
-      .panel-heading
-        Repository check states
-      .panel-body
-        = link_to 'Clear all', clear_repository_check_states_admin_namespace_projects_path(0), data: { confirm: 'This will clear repository check states for ALL projects in the database. This cannot be undone. Are you sure?' }, method: :put, class: "btn btn-sm btn-remove"
   %section.col-md-9
     .panel.panel-default
       .panel-heading

config/routes.rb

@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
           post :repository_check
         end
 
-        collection do
-          put :clear_repository_check_states
-        end
-
         resources :runner_projects
       end
     end
@@ -286,6 +282,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     resource :application_settings, only: [:show, :update] do
       resources :services
       put :reset_runners_token
+      put :clear_repository_check_states
     end
 
     resources :labels

doc/administration/repository_checks.md

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ _**Note:** This feature was [introduced][ce-3232] in GitLab 8.7_
 
 ---
 
-Git has a built-in mechanism [git fsck][git-fsck] to verify the
+Git has a built-in mechanism \[git fsck\]\[git-fsck\] to verify the
-integrity of all data commited to a repository. GitLab administrators can
+integrity of all data commited to a repository. GitLab administrators
-trigger such a check for a project via the admin panel. The checks run
+can trigger such a check for a project via the project page under the
-asynchronously so it may take a few minutes before the check result is
+admin panel. The checks run asynchronously so it may take a few minutes
-visible on the project admin page. If the checks failed you can see their
+before the check result is visible on the project admin page. If the
-output on the admin log page under 'repocheck.log'.
+checks failed you can see their output on the admin log page under
+'repocheck.log'.
 
 ## Periodical checks
 
@@ -22,20 +23,8 @@ than once a day.
 
 ## Disabling periodic checks
 
-You can disable the periodic checks by giving them an empty cron
+You can disable the periodic checks on the 'Settings' page of the admin
-schedule in gitlab.yml.
+panel.
-
-```
-# For omnibus installations, in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:
-gitlab_rails['cron_jobs_repository_check_worker_cron'] = ''
-```
-
-```
-# For installations from source, in config/gitlab.yml:
-  cron_jobs:
-    repository_check_worker:
-      cron: ""
-```
 
 ## What to do if a check failed
 
@@ -47,8 +36,8 @@ resolved the issue use the admin panel to trigger a new repository check on
 the project. This will clear the 'check failed' state.
 
 If for some reason the periodical repository check caused a lot of false
-alarms you can choose to clear ALL repository check states from the admin
+alarms you can choose to clear ALL repository check states from the
-project index page.
+'Settings' page of the admin panel.
 
 ---
 [ce-3232]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3232 "Auto git fsck"