Updating README to reflect ability to define runtime ENV vars

chris@portman.net.au
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README.md
@@ -282,6 +282,20 @@ external_url &quot;https://gitlab.example.com:2443&quot;
  
 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
  
+### Adding ENV Vars to the Gitlab Runtime Environment
+
+If you need Gitlab to have access to certain environment variables, you can
+configure them in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.  This is useful in situations where
+you need to use a proxy to access the internet and you will be wanting to
+clone externally hosted repositories directly into gitlab.  In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
+supply a `gitlab_rails['env']` with a hash value. For example:
+
+```ruby
+gitlab_rails['env'] = {"http_proxy" => "my_proxy", "https_proxy" => "my_proxy"}
+```
+
+Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
+
 ### Changing gitlab.yml settings
  
 Some of GitLab's features can be customized through
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283	283	Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
284	284
	285	+### Adding ENV Vars to the Gitlab Runtime Environment
	286	+
	287	+If you need Gitlab to have access to certain environment variables, you can
	288	+configure them in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. This is useful in situations where
	289	+you need to use a proxy to access the internet and you will be wanting to
	290	+clone externally hosted repositories directly into gitlab. In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
	291	+supply a `gitlab_rails['env']` with a hash value. For example:
	292	+
	293	+```ruby
	294	+gitlab_rails['env'] = {"http_proxy" => "my_proxy", "https_proxy" => "my_proxy"}
	295	+```
	296	+
	297	+Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
	298	+
285	299	### Changing gitlab.yml settings
286	300
287	301	Some of GitLab's features can be customized through
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