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1268	[magic-removal] [patch] Allow access to the current user outside of a request	jkocherhans	Adrian Holovaty	A common request is for modified_by and added_by fields. It's not currently possible to do these automatically in django beacuse the model/manipulator is decoupled from the request object, and the request is the only place that has access to the current user. A couple of attempts to address this issue have been made in #1132 and #1164. These were generally rejected. A common solution for this problem is to store the current user in a thread local. This ticket uses that approach.	enhancement	closed	Core (Other)	magic-removal	normal	wontfix		upadhyay@…	Unreviewed	1	0	0	0	0	0