4 files changed, 73 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md
index 2fa177ff4dd..4d2fb582833 100644
--- a/doc/api/README.md
+++ b/doc/api/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,53 @@ When listing resources you can pass the following parameters:
 - `page` (default: `1`) - page number
 - `per_page` (default: `20`, max: `100`) - number of items to list per page
 
-[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are send back with each response. These have `rel` prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant URL. Please use these instead of generating your own URLs.
+### Pagination Link header
+
+[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are sent back with each
+response. They have `rel` set to prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant
+URL. Please use these links instead of generating your own URLs.
+
+In the cURL example below, we limit the output to 3 items per page (`per_page=3`)
+and we request the second page (`page=2`) of [comments](notes.md) of the issue
+with ID `8` which belongs to the project with ID `8`:
+
+```bash
+curl -I -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/8/issues/8/notes?per_page=3&page=2
+```
+
+The response will then be:
+
+```
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Length: 1103
+Content-Type: application/json
+Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:43:18 GMT
+Link: <https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/8/issues/8/notes?page=1&per_page=3>; rel="prev", <https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/8/issues/8/notes?page=3&per_page=3>; rel="next", <https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/8/issues/8/notes?page=1&per_page=3>; rel="first", <https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/8/issues/8/notes?page=3&per_page=3>; rel="last"
+Status: 200 OK
+Vary: Origin
+X-Next-Page: 3
+X-Page: 2
+X-Per-Page: 3
+X-Prev-Page: 1
+X-Request-Id: 732ad4ee-9870-4866-a199-a9db0cde3c86
+X-Runtime: 0.108688
+X-Total: 8
+X-Total-Pages: 3
+```
+
+### Other pagination headers
+
+Additional pagination headers are also sent back.
+
+| Header | Description |
+| ------ | ----------- |
+| `X-Total`       | The total number of items |
+| `X-Total-Pages` | The total number of pages |
+| `X-Per-Page`    | The number of items per page |
+| `X-Page`        | The index of the current page (starting at 1) |
+| `X-Next-Page`   | The index of the next page |
+| `X-Prev-Page`   | The index of the previous page |
 
 ## id vs iid
 
diff --git a/doc/install/database_mysql.md b/doc/install/database_mysql.md
index 513ad69ec26..e51ff5a5de2 100644
--- a/doc/install/database_mysql.md
+++ b/doc/install/database_mysql.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case [(in)se
 
     # Install the database packages
     sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
-    
+
     # Ensure you have MySQL version 5.5.14 or later
     mysql --version
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case [(in)se
     # Ensure you can use the InnoDB engine which is necessary to support long indexes
     # If this fails, check your MySQL config files (e.g. `/etc/mysql/*.cnf`, `/etc/mysql/conf.d/*`) for the setting "innodb = off"
     mysql> SET storage_engine=INNODB;
-    
+
     # Create the GitLab production database
     mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `gitlabhq_production` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`;
 
@@ -52,3 +52,25 @@ We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case [(in)se
     mysql> \q
 
     # You are done installing the database and can go back to the rest of the installation.
+
+## MySQL strings limits
+
+After installation or upgrade, remember to run the `add_limits_mysql` Rake task:
+
+```
+bundle exec rake add_limits_mysql
+```
+
+The `text` type in MySQL has a different size limit than the `text` type in
+PostgreSQL. In MySQL `text` columns are limited to ~65kB, whereas in PostgreSQL
+`text` columns are limited up to ~1GB!
+
+The `add_limits_mysql` Rake task converts some important `text` columns in the
+GitLab database to `longtext` columns, which can persist values of up to 4GB
+(sometimes less if the value contains multibyte characters).
+
+Details can be found in the [PostgreSQL][postgres-text-type] and
+[MySQL][mysql-text-types] manuals.
+
+[postgres-text-type]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/datatype-character.html
+[mysql-text-types]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/string-type-overview.html
diff --git a/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md b/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md
index 1cbeab3eca3..604939cd733 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ which should already be on your system from GitLab 8.1.
 ```bash
 cd /home/git/gitlab-workhorse
 sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
-sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.4
+sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.6.0
 sudo -u git -H make
 ```
 
diff --git a/doc/update/README.md b/doc/update/README.md
index 0472537eeb5..109d5de3fa2 100644
--- a/doc/update/README.md
+++ b/doc/update/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Depending on the installation method and your GitLab version, there are multiple
 ## Miscellaneous
 
 - [MySQL to PostgreSQL](mysql_to_postgresql.md) guides you through migrating your database from MySQL to PostgreSQL.
+- [MySQL installation guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/database_mysql.md) contains additional information about configuring GitLab to work with a MySQL database.