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authorMarcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>2017-10-17 21:03:23 +0200
committerAtomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io>2017-10-18 00:56:36 +0000
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docs: mention the $OSTREE_REPO environment variable
$OSTREE_REPO may be set to override the default location of the repository. Link: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ostree-list/2017-October/msg00003.html Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com> Closes: #1282 Approved by: cgwalters
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@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ attributes, such as tmpfs.
In contrast, the `archive` mode is designed for serving via plain
HTTP. Like tar files, it can be read/written by non-root users.
-On an OSTree-deployed system, the "system repository" is
-`/ostree/repo`. It can be read by any uid, but only written by root.
-Unless the `--repo` argument is given to the <command>ostree</command>
-command, it will operate on the system repository.
+On an OSTree-deployed system, the "system repository" is `/ostree/repo`. It can
+be read by any uid, but only written by root. The `ostree` command will by
+default operate on the system repository; you may provide the `--repo` argument
+to override this, or set the `$OSTREE_REPO` environment variable.
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