From eb5b3121f3dd209f818537dd276a58ea33153087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Vosmaer Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 10:17:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Explain what goes in the git_data_dir --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0faea3c..b208a25 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -141,8 +141,12 @@ Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect. ### Storing Git data in an alternative directory -By default, omnibus-gitlab stores Git repository data in `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data`. -You can change this location by adding the following line to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. +By default, omnibus-gitlab stores Git repository data under +`/var/opt/gitlab/git-data`: repositories are stored in +`/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories`, and satellites in +`/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/gitlab-satellites`. You can change the location of +the `git-data` parent directory by adding the following line to +`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. ```ruby git_data_dir "/mnt/nas/git-data" -- libgit2 0.21.2