Commit 43d27d46eedd98013fa61c374e78ee8988da9d2c

Authored by Jacob Vosmaer
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Explain what gitlab.yml is for

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README.md
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186 186  
187 187 ### Changing gitlab.yml settings
188 188  
189   -This is an advanced topic. If you are already familiar with configuring GitLab
190   -and you want to change a `gitlab.yml` setting, you need to do so via
191   -`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. The translation works as follows.
  189 +Some of GitLab's features can be customized through
  190 +[gitlab.yml][gitlab.yml.example]. If you want to change a `gitlab.yml` setting
  191 +with omnibus-gitlab, you need to do so via `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. The
  192 +translation works as follows.
192 193  
193 194 In `gitlab.yml`, you will find structure like this:
194 195  
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373 374 [gitlab.yml.erb]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
374 375 [database.yml.postgresql]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/database.yml.postgresql
375 376 [database.yml.mysql]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/database.yml.mysql
  377 +[gitlab.yml.example]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/gitlab.yml.example
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