Repository import during project creation often return timeout for medium and large repos.

app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb

@@ -45,20 +45,6 @@ module Projects
 
       @project.creator = current_user
 
-      # Import project from cloneable resource
-      if @project.valid? && @project.import_url.present?
-        shell = Gitlab::Shell.new
-
-        if shell.import_repository(@project.path_with_namespace, @project.import_url)
-          # We should create satellite for imported repo
-          @project.satellite.create unless @project.satellite.exists?
-          @project.imported = true
-          true
-        else
-          @project.errors.add(:import_url, 'cannot clone repo')
-        end
-      end
-
       if @project.save
         unless @project.group
           @project.users_projects.create(project_access: UsersProject::MASTER, user: current_user)

app/models/project.rb

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   acts_as_taggable_on :labels, :issues_default_labels
 
-  attr_accessor :import_url
-
   # Relations
   belongs_to :creator,      foreign_key: "creator_id", class_name: "User"
   belongs_to :group,        foreign_key: "namespace_id", conditions: "type = 'Group'"
@@ -157,6 +155,10 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     import_url.present?
   end
 
+  def imported?
+    imported
+  end
+
   def check_limit
     unless creator.can_create_project?
       errors[:limit_reached] << ("Your own projects limit is #{creator.projects_limit}! Please contact administrator to increase it")
@@ -411,10 +413,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     !(forked_project_link.nil? || forked_project_link.forked_from_project.nil?)
   end
 
-  def imported?
-    imported
-  end
-
   def personal?
     !group
   end

app/observers/project_observer.rb

 class ProjectObserver < BaseObserver
   def after_create(project)
-    return true if project.forked? || project.imported?
-
-    GitlabShellWorker.perform_async(
-      :add_repository,
-      project.path_with_namespace
-    )
-
-    log_info("#{project.owner.name} created a new project \"#{project.name_with_namespace}\"")
+    return true if project.forked?
+
+    if project.import?
+      RepositoryImportWorker.perform_in(5.seconds, project.id)
+    else
+      GitlabShellWorker.perform_async(
+        :add_repository,
+        project.path_with_namespace
+      )
+
+      log_info("#{project.owner.name} created a new project \"#{project.name_with_namespace}\"")
+    end
   end
 
   def after_update(project)

app/views/projects/empty.html.haml

 = render 'clone_panel'
 
-%div.git-empty
-  %fieldset
-    %legend Git global setup:
-    %pre.dark
-      :preserve
-        git config --global user.name "#{current_user.name}"
-        git config --global user.email "#{current_user.email}"
+- if @project.import? && !@project.imported
+  .save-project-loader
+    %center
+      = image_tag "ajax_loader.gif"
+      %h3 Importing repository.
+      %p.monospace git clone --bare #{@project.import_url}
+      %p Please wait until we import repository for you. Refresh at will.
 
-  %fieldset
-    %legend Create Repository
-    %pre.dark
-      :preserve
-        mkdir #{@project.path}
-        cd #{@project.path}
-        git init
-        touch README
-        git add README
-        git commit -m 'first commit'
-        git remote add origin #{@project.url_to_repo}
-        git push -u origin master
+- else
+  %div.git-empty
+    %fieldset
+      %legend Git global setup:
+      %pre.dark
+        :preserve
+          git config --global user.name "#{current_user.name}"
+          git config --global user.email "#{current_user.email}"
 
-  %fieldset
-    %legend Existing Git Repo?
-    %pre.dark
-      :preserve
-        cd existing_git_repo
-        git remote add origin #{@project.url_to_repo}
-        git push -u origin master
+    %fieldset
+      %legend Create Repository
+      %pre.dark
+        :preserve
+          mkdir #{@project.path}
+          cd #{@project.path}
+          git init
+          touch README
+          git add README
+          git commit -m 'first commit'
+          git remote add origin #{@project.url_to_repo}
+          git push -u origin master
+
+    %fieldset
+      %legend Existing Git Repo?
+      %pre.dark
+        :preserve
+          cd existing_git_repo
+          git remote add origin #{@project.url_to_repo}
+          git push -u origin master
 
   - if can? current_user, :remove_project, @project
     .prepend-top-20

app/workers/repository_import_worker.rb

+class RepositoryImportWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+  include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
+
+  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell
+
+  def perform(project_id)
+    project = Project.find(project_id)
+    result = gitlab_shell.send(:import_repository,
+                               project.path_with_namespace,
+                               project.import_url)
+
+    if result
+      project.imported = true
+      project.save
+      project.satellite.create unless project.satellite.exists?
+      project.discover_default_branch
+    else
+      project.imported = false
+    end
+  end
+end

db/migrate/20130812143708_add_import_url_to_project.rb

+class AddImportUrlToProject < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :projects, :import_url, :string
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130804151314) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130812143708) do
 
   create_table "deploy_keys_projects", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "deploy_key_id", :null => false
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130804151314) do
     t.boolean  "snippets_enabled",       :default => true,     :null => false
     t.datetime "last_activity_at"
     t.boolean  "imported",               :default => false,    :null => false
+    t.string   "import_url"
   end
 
   add_index "projects", ["creator_id"], :name => "index_projects_on_owner_id"