2009-09-06 10:04:41 +02:00
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# upgrading gitolite atomically
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### general upgrade notes
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If you follow the steps below, you can make the upgrade "atomic", so you don't
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have to do it at a "quiet" time or something.
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1. untar the new version to some temp directory and `cd` to it
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2. *prepare* the new version of `~/.gitolite.rc`. It **must** have **all**
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the variables defined in `conf/example.gitolite.rc` (the "new" rc file),
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because the new versions of the programs will be depending on seeing these
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variables.
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However, it must also retain any customisations you made to the **old**
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variables.
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So this is what you do:
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* make a copy of `conf/example.gitolite.rc` as `~/glrc.new`
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* if your current `~/.gitolite.rc` had any customisations (where you
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changed the defaults in some way), edit `~/glrc.new` and make those
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same changes there
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3. upgrade the rc file first
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cp ~/glrc.new ~/.gitolite.rc
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4. upgrade the software
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src/install.pl
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2009-09-18 05:40:35 +02:00
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5. compile the config once again, in case the *internal* format of the
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compiled config file (`$GL_CONF_COMPILED`) has changed
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src/gl-compile-conf
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2009-09-06 10:04:41 +02:00
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And you're done.
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### upgrade notes for specific versions
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If any extra steps beyond the generic ones above are needed, they will be
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listed here, newest first.
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2009-09-15 17:37:00 +02:00
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#### upgrading from 5758f69
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Between 5758f69 and this version, gitolite learnt to allow "groupnames" for
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repos as well. The `conf/example.conf` has been recommented to explain the
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syntax but it's really a no-brainer: what you could previously do only for
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usernames, you can now do for reponames also.
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2009-09-06 10:04:41 +02:00
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#### upgrading from abb4580
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Two new features (personal branches, and customisable logfile names/locations)
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have been added between abb4580 and this version.
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* if you want to enable the personal branches feature, choose one of the
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alternative values given for `$PERSONAL` or change it to something you
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like; by default it is empty, which disables the feature
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* if you want the log files named or grouped differently, choose one of the
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alternative values for `$GL_LOGT`. **Note** that if you choose to put
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them in some other directory than the default, you **must** create that
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directory (`mkdir`) yourself; gitolite will not do that for you
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