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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/import.md b/doc/raketasks/import.md index bb229e8acbb..8a38937062e 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/import.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/import.md @@ -13,15 +13,32 @@ - For omnibus-gitlab, it is located at: `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories` by default, unless you changed it in the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file. -- For manual installations, it is usually located at: `/home/git/repositories` or you can see where +- For installations from source, it is usually located at: `/home/git/repositories` or you can see where your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml` under the `gitlab_shell => repos_path` entry. +New folder needs to have git user ownership and read/write/execute access for git user and its group: + +``` +sudo -u git mkdir /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group +``` + +If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` +with `/home/git`. + ### Copy your bare repositories inside this newly created folder: ``` -$ cp -r /old/git/foo.git/ /home/git/repositories/new_group/ +sudo cp -r /old/git/foo.git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/ + +# Do this once when you are done copying git repositories +sudo chown -R git:git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/ ``` +`foo.git` needs to be owned by the git user and git users group. + +If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` +with `/home/git`. + ### Run the command below depending on your type of installation: #### Omnibus Installation @@ -30,7 +47,7 @@ $ cp -r /old/git/foo.git/ /home/git/repositories/new_group/ $ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:repos ``` -#### Manual Installation +#### Installation from source Before running this command you need to change the directory to where your GitLab installation is located: |