From ca2f82773f78e3632cf168ac38aaf2f3adaef72f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Gleske <sag47@drexel.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:56:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] gitmirror is not git --- docs/installation.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index 23ff5e0..9394a94 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Things to note before beginning: * GitLab will not allow users (even admins) to add a project to a group unless that user is designated an `owner` of the group. This is by design in GitLab. * `gitlab-mirrors` will not auto-create a group (though it will auto-create projects within a group). This is by design in `gitlab-mirrors`. One should create the group manually and assign the `gitmirror` user as an owner of the group. This is to ensure mirroring a repository for a particular group is a purposeful action. +* `gitlab-mirrors` **must not** be shared by the same user as GitLab which is typically the `git` user. It will not work and you'll run into a lot of configuration trouble. ## Using a dedicated GitLab user -- GitLab