From 4fa1ca665267f6d25c6339fe8823fab06ec70883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:52:06 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] minor doc updates re directories etc --- conf/example.gitolite.rc | 3 ++- doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/conf/example.gitolite.rc b/conf/example.gitolite.rc index f63a411..0eb7ce6 100644 --- a/conf/example.gitolite.rc +++ b/conf/example.gitolite.rc @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ $REPO_BASE="repositories"; # -------------------------------------- # I see no reason anyone may want to change the gitolite admin directory, but -# feel free to do so +# feel free to do so. However, please note that it *must* be an *absolute* +# path (i.e., starting with a "/" character) # gitolite admin directory, files, etc $GL_ADMINDIR=$ENV{HOME} . "/.gitolite"; diff --git a/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd b/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd index d7b3994..19ead5e 100644 --- a/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd +++ b/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ In this document: * once in a while, if you're feeling particularly BOFH-ish, take a look at `$GL_ADMINDIR/log` :-) + * if you specify a repo that is not at the top level `$REPO_BASE`, be sure + to manually create the intermediate directories first. For instance if + you specify a new repo called "a/b/c" to the config file and "compile", + the "compile" script will just `mkdir a/b/c.git`, assuming "a/b" has + already been created + ### differences from gitosis Apart from the big ones listed in the top level README, and subjective ones