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| author | Michael Kozono <mkozono@gmail.com> | 2017-08-29 15:16:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Michael Kozono <mkozono@gmail.com> | 2017-09-19 11:09:25 -0700 |
| commit | 6c36c1389a1cc59143a4e737ee61e4de18d548f1 (patch) | |
| tree | a975ad39a4be9a50690b88825f021c03465ab2ae | |
| parent | 8d568fe324dbf753e99e8f63df8f4cb1b484270d (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-6c36c1389a1cc59143a4e737ee61e4de18d548f1.tar.gz | |
Move help for renaming group path to docs
And expand on the help text.
| -rw-r--r-- | app/views/shared/_group_form.html.haml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/group/index.md | 21 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_group_form.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_group_form.html.haml index 2e1bd5a088c..d0b9e891b82 100644 --- a/app/views/shared/_group_form.html.haml +++ b/app/views/shared/_group_form.html.haml @@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ - 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 diff --git a/doc/user/group/index.md b/doc/user/group/index.md index db0242f1324..a1671f9dd91 100644 --- a/doc/user/group/index.md +++ b/doc/user/group/index.md @@ -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 |