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# GitLab Developers Guide to Working with Gitaly
[Gitaly](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly) is a high-level Git RPC service used by GitLab CE/EE,
Workhorse and GitLab-Shell. All Rugged operations in GitLab CE/EE are currently being phased out to
be replaced by Gitaly API calls.
Visit the [Gitaly Migration Board](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/boards/331341) for current
status of the migration.
## Feature Flags
Gitaly makes heavy use of [feature flags](feature_flags.md).
Each Rugged-to-Gitaly migration goes through a [series of phases](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/doc/MIGRATION_PROCESS.md):
* **Opt-In**: by default the Rugged implementation is used.
* Production instances can choose to enable the Gitaly endpoint by enabling the feature flag.
* For testing purposes, you may wish to enable all feature flags by default. This can be done by exporting the following
environment variable: `GITALY_FEATURE_DEFAULT_ON=1`.
* On developer instances (ie, when `Rails.env.development?` is true), the Gitaly endpoint
is enabled by default, but can be _disabled_ using feature flags.
* **Opt-Out**: by default, the Gitaly endpoint is used, but the feature can be explicitly disabled using the feature flag.
* **Mandatory**: The migration is complete and cannot be disabled. The old codepath is removed.
### Enabling and Disabling Feature
In the Rails console, type:
```ruby
Feature.enable(:gitaly_feature_name)
Feature.disable(:gitaly_feature_name)
```
Where `gitaly_feature_name` is the name of the Gitaly feature. This can be determined by finding the appropriate
`gitaly_migrate` code block, for example:
```ruby
gitaly_migrate(:tag_names) do
...
end
```
Since Gitaly features are always prefixed with `gitaly_`, the name of the feature flag in this case would be `gitaly_tag_names`.
## Gitaly-Related Test Failures
If your test-suite is failing with Gitaly issues, as a first step, try running:
```shell
rm -rf tmp/tests/gitaly
```
## `TooManyInvocationsError` errors
During development and testing, you may experience `Gitlab::GitalyClient::TooManyInvocationsError` failures.
The `GitalyClient` will attempt to block against potential n+1 issues by raising this error
when Gitaly is called more than 30 times in a single Rails request or Sidekiq execution.
As a temporary measure, export `GITALY_DISABLE_REQUEST_LIMITS=1` to suppress the error. This will disable the n+1 detection
in your development environment.
Please raise an issue in the GitLab CE or EE repositories to report the issue. Include the labels ~Gitaly
~performance ~"technical debt". Please ensure that the issue contains the full stack trace and error message of the
`TooManyInvocationsError`. Also include any known failing tests if possible.
Isolate the source of the n+1 problem. This will normally be a loop that results in Gitaly being called for each
element in an array. If you are unable to isolate the problem, please contact a member
of the [Gitaly Team](https://gitlab.com/groups/gl-gitaly/group_members) for assistance.
Once the source has been found, wrap it in an `allow_n_plus_1_calls` block, as follows:
```ruby
# n+1: link to n+1 issue
Gitlab::GitalyClient.allow_n_plus_1_calls do
# original code
commits.each { |commit| ... }
end
```
Once the code is wrapped in this block, this code-path will be excluded from n+1 detection.
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