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| author | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2019-02-06 15:16:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2019-02-06 15:16:15 +0100 |
| commit | 38b8775b56ca0175fdbe5162840bf2395cd27073 (patch) | |
| tree | 96b0f07a2324239561ffe4f1bf98fa95ed5306bf | |
| parent | 02cc32c65579573e340603d09280e5b9e88f7a01 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-38b8775b56ca0175fdbe5162840bf2395cd27073.tar.gz | |
Remove usage of 11-7-stable for source installs
The use of the branch 11-7-stable meant release managers would have to
update this file every month, which is tedious and easy to overlook. To
work around this, we simply use a placeholder and make it clear that the
reader needs to replace this with the appropriate branch.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/installation.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md index 1f65e3415d1..b9a96a54bb8 100644 --- a/doc/install/installation.md +++ b/doc/install/installation.md @@ -345,11 +345,15 @@ cd /home/git ```sh # Clone GitLab repository -sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git -b 11-7-stable gitlab +sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git -b X-Y-stable gitlab ``` +Make sure to replace `X-Y-stable` with the stable branch that matches the +version you want to install. For example, if you want to install 11.8 you would +use the branch name `11-8-stable`. + CAUTION: **Caution:** -You can change `11-7-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, but never install `master` on a production server! +You can change `X-Y-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, but never install `master` on a production server! ### Configure It |