Merge branch 'master' of github.com:gitlabhq/gitlabhq

doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md

@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ sudo rm -R tmp
 sudo -u git -H mkdir tmp
 sudo chmod -R u+rwX  tmp/
 
+# create directory for pids, make sure GitLab can write to it
+sudo -u git -H mkdir tmp/pids/
+sudo chmod -R u+rwX  tmp/pids/
+
+# if you are already running a newer version of GitLab check that installation guide for other tmp folders you need to create
+
 # reboot system
 sudo reboot
 

doc/update/7.3-to-7.4.md

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ SELECT CONCAT('ALTER TABLE gitlabhq_production.', table_name, ' ENGINE=InnoDB;')
 
 # If previous query returned results, copy & run all outputed SQL statements
 
+# Convert all tables to correct character set
+SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
+SELECT CONCAT('ALTER TABLE gitlabhq_production.', table_name, ' CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;') AS 'Copy & run these SQL statements:' FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'gitlabhq_production' AND `TABLE_COLLATION` <> 'utf8_unicode_ci' AND `TABLE_TYPE` = 'BASE TABLE';
+
+# If previous query returned results, copy & run all outputed SQL statements
+
+# turn foreign key checks back on
+SET foreign_key_checks = 1;
+
 # Find MySQL users
 mysql> SELECT user FROM mysql.user WHERE user LIKE '%git%';