Commit 6c36c138 authored by Michael Kozono's avatar Michael Kozono

Move help for renaming group path to docs

And expand on the help text.
parent 8d568fe3
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- if @group.persisted?
.alert.alert-warning.prepend-top-10
%ul
%li Changing group path can have unintended side effects.
%li Renaming group path will rename directory for all related projects
%li It will change web url for access group and group projects.
%li It will change the git path to repositories under this group.
Changing group path can have unintended side effects.
= succeed '.' do
= link_to 'Learn more', help_page_path('user/group/index', anchor: 'changing-a-groups-path'), target: '_blank'
.form-group.group-name-holder
= f.label :name, class: 'control-label' do
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......@@ -188,6 +188,27 @@ Besides giving you the option to edit any settings you've previously
set when [creating the group](#create-a-new-group), you can also
access further configurations for your group.
#### Changing a group's path
> **Note:** If you want to retain ownership over the original namespace and
protect the URL redirects, then instead of changing a group's path or renaming a
username, you can create a new group and transfer projects to it.
Changing a group's path can have unintended side effects.
* Existing web URLs for the group and anything under it (i.e. projects) will
redirect to the new URLs
* Existing Git remote URLs for projects under the group will no longer work, but
Git responses will show an error with the new remote URL
* The original namespace can be claimed again by any group or user, which will
destroy web redirects and Git remote warnings
* If you are vacating the path so it can be claimed by another group or user,
you may need to rename the group name as well since both names and paths must be
unique
> It is currently not possible to rename a namespace if it contains a
project with container registry tags, because the project cannot be moved.
#### Enforce 2FA to group members
Add a security layer to your group by
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