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diff --git a/doc/administration/operations/moving_repositories.md b/doc/administration/operations/moving_repositories.md index b311bee1a5b..7cc15f9cea4 100644 --- a/doc/administration/operations/moving_repositories.md +++ b/doc/administration/operations/moving_repositories.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- stage: Create group: Gitaly -info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers +info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments type: reference --- @@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ We look at three scenarios: - The target directory contains an outdated copy of the repositories. - How to deal with thousands of repositories. -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Each of the approaches we list can or does overwrite data in the target directory `/mnt/gitlab/repositories`. Do not mix up the source and the target. ### Recommended approach in all cases -GitLab's [backup and restore capability](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md) should be used. Git +The GitLab [backup and restore capability](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md) should be used. Git repositories are accessed, managed, and stored on GitLab servers by Gitaly as a database. Data loss can result from directly accessing and copying Gitaly's files using tools like `rsync`. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ If you want to compress the data before it goes over the network ### The target directory contains an outdated copy of the repositories: use `rsync` -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Using `rsync` to migrate Git data can cause data loss and repository corruption. [These instructions are being reviewed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270422). @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ If you want to see progress, replace `-a` with `-av`. #### Single `rsync` to another server -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Using `rsync` to migrate Git data can cause data loss and repository corruption. [These instructions are being reviewed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270422). @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ sudo -u git sh -c 'rsync -a --delete /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/. \ ### Thousands of Git repositories: use one `rsync` per repository -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Using `rsync` to migrate Git data can cause data loss and repository corruption. [These instructions are being reviewed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270422). @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ longer exist at the source.** #### Parallel `rsync` for all repositories known to GitLab -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Using `rsync` to migrate Git data can cause data loss and repository corruption. [These instructions are being reviewed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270422). @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ cat /home/git/transfer-logs/* | sort | uniq -u |\ #### Parallel `rsync` only for repositories with recent activity -DANGER: **Warning:** +WARNING: Using `rsync` to migrate Git data can cause data loss and repository corruption. [These instructions are being reviewed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/270422). |