From b0f8924f8091882d6d142f86524b26dadf413f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 21:40:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] (minor doc clarification) thanks to kfogel for pointing it out --- doc/2-admin.mkd | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/2-admin.mkd b/doc/2-admin.mkd index 12c5883..253e11f 100644 --- a/doc/2-admin.mkd +++ b/doc/2-admin.mkd @@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ In this document: ### please read this first Unless you know what you're doing, do not do **anything** manually on the -server, like adding new repositories or users or changing the access control -rules. Things will break. For example, if you manually create a repo on the -server, it will not have the required "update" hook, without which there is no -access control for pushes. +server (except when the documentation says you should, for example to add +custom hooks). In particular, adding new repositories or users or changing +the access control rules should not be done directly on the server. Things +will break. For example, if you manually create a repo on the server, it will +not have the required "update" hook, without which there is no access control +for pushes. Most normal (day-to-day) gitolite admin work is done by cloning the gitolite-admin repo from the server to your workstation, making changes to the