Merge branch 'add-geo-temporary-to-docs' into 'master'

Geo: Document @geo-temporary directory

Closes #5349

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!5080

doc/development/geo.md

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ screen.
 
 See `Gitlab::Geo.enabled?` and `Gitlab::Geo.license_allows?`.
 
-
 ## Communication
 
 The communication channel has changed since first iteration, you can check here
@@ -128,6 +127,16 @@ Files are copied via HTTP(s) and initiated via the
 `/api/v4/geo/transfers/:type/:id` endpoint.
 
 
+## Repository transfers
+
+Secondary Geo Nodes fetch the repositories when they are updated. If you just
+enabled a secondary node and connected it to the primary, the initial backfill
+will be initialized.
+
+When we fail to fetch a repository on the secondary several times, we try to do
+a clone again into the `@geo-temporary` directory in the root of the storage.
+When it's successful, we replace the main repo with the newly cloned one.
+
 ### Authentication
 
 To authenticate file transfers, each GeoNode has two fields: