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authorTim Jabs <tim.trash.web@gmail.com>2015-10-08 18:06:51 +0200
committerTim Jabs <tim.jabs@sbb.spk-berlin.de>2015-11-04 08:30:30 +0100
commitbdb45360e76a272c275690cb11227a737c56e934 (patch)
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parentc789452134a163e984965bb1a2b9dbfab5821a9b (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-bdb45360e76a272c275690cb11227a737c56e934.tar.gz
Changed documentation of converting a MySQL-Database with Gitlab to a Postgresdatatabase. The instructions were missleading. See -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/2904
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diff --git a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md
index a596ea38456..a7de5648c0e 100644
--- a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md
+++ b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ sudo -u git -H python mysql-postgresql-converter/db_converter.py gitlabhq_produc
sudo -u git -H ed -s db/database.sql < mysql-postgresql-converter/move_drop_indexes.ed
# Compress database backup
+# Warning: If you have Gitlab 7.12.0 or older skip this step and import the database.sql directly into the backup with:
+# sudo -u git -H tar rf TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar db/database.sql
+# The compressed databasedump is not supported at 7.12.0 and older.
sudo -u git -H gzip db/database.sql
# Replace the MySQL dump in TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar.
@@ -71,4 +74,5 @@ sudo -u git -H tar rf TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar db/database.sql.gz
# Done! TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar can now be restored into a Postgres GitLab
# installation.
+# See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md for more information about backups.
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