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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/import.md b/doc/raketasks/import.md deleted file mode 100644 index 8a38937062e..00000000000 --- a/doc/raketasks/import.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -# Import bare repositories into your GitLab instance - -## Notes - -- The owner of the project will be the first admin -- The groups will be created as needed -- The owner of the group will be the first admin -- Existing projects will be skipped - -## How to use - -### Create a new folder inside the git repositories path. This will be the name of the new group. - -- For omnibus-gitlab, it is located at: `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories` by default, unless you changed -it in the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file. -- For installations from source, it is usually located at: `/home/git/repositories` or you can see where -your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml` under the `gitlab_shell => repos_path` entry. - -New folder needs to have git user ownership and read/write/execute access for git user and its group: - -``` -sudo -u git mkdir /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group -``` - -If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` -with `/home/git`. - -### Copy your bare repositories inside this newly created folder: - -``` -sudo cp -r /old/git/foo.git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/ - -# Do this once when you are done copying git repositories -sudo chown -R git:git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/ -``` - -`foo.git` needs to be owned by the git user and git users group. - -If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` -with `/home/git`. - -### Run the command below depending on your type of installation: - -#### Omnibus Installation - -``` -$ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:repos -``` - -#### Installation from source - -Before running this command you need to change the directory to where your GitLab installation is located: - -``` -$ cd /home/git/gitlab -$ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:import:repos RAILS_ENV=production -``` - -#### Example output - -``` -Processing abcd.git - * Created abcd (abcd.git) -Processing group/xyz.git - * Created Group group (2) - * Created xyz (group/xyz.git) -[...] -``` |