gitlabhq/doc/install/structure.md

GitLab directory structure

This is the directory structure you will end up with following the instructions in the Installation Guide.

|-- home
|   |-- gitlab
|       |-- .ssh
|       |-- gitlab
|       |-- gitlab-satellites
|   |-- git
|       |-- .gitolite
|       |-- .ssh
|       |-- bin
|       |-- gitolite
|       |-- repositories

/home/gitlab/.ssh Contains the Gitolite admin key GitLab uses to configure Gitolite.

/home/gitlab/gitlab This is where GitLab lives.

/home/gitlab/gitlab-satellites Contains a copy of all repositories with a working tree. It's used for merge requests, editing files, etc.

/home/git/.ssh Contains the SSH access configuration managed by Gitolite.

/home/git/bin Contains Gitolite executables.

/home/git/gitolite This is where Gitolite lives.

/home/git/repositories Holds all your repositories in bare format. This is the place Git uses when you pull/push to your projects.

You can change them in your config/gitlab.yml file.