Commit e712583a authored by Patricio Cano's avatar Patricio Cano

Improved rake documentation for importing existing repositories with a rake task.

parent ed9350dc
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How to use:
1. copy your bare repos under git repos_path (see `config/gitlab.yml` gitlab_shell -> repos_path)
1. run the command below
1. Create a new folder inside the git repositories path.
- For omnibus-gitlab it is located at: `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories`
- For manual installations it is usually located at: `/home/git/repositories` or you can see where
your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml`:
```
# 3. Advanced settings
# ==========================
# GitLab Satellites
# satellites:
# Relative paths are relative to Rails.root (default: tmp/repo_satellites/)
# path: /home/git/gitlab-satellites/
# timeout: 30
satellites:
path: /home/git/gitlab-satellites/
gitlab_shell:
path: /home/git/gitlab-shell/
repos_path: /home/git/repositories/
hooks_path: /home/git/gitlab-shell/hooks/
upload_pack: true
receive_pack: true
```
2. Copy your bare repositories inside this newly created folder, e.g.:
```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:repos
$ cp /old/git/foo.git /home/git/repositories/new_group/foo.git
```
3. Run the command below depending on you type of installation:
#### Omnibus Installation
```
$ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:repos
```
# installation from source or cookbook
bundle exec rake gitlab:import:repos RAILS_ENV=production
#### Manual Installation
```
$ cd /home/git/gitlab
$ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:import:repos RAILS_ENV=production
```
Example output:
#### Example output:
```
Processing abcd.git
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