From 79ac0e9b3e19b3f606fb2ca3cf9ed9363cf0ddf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Vosmaer Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:37:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Edit config/gitlab.yml when compiling git --- doc/install/installation.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md index 5eb65e11494..3ce47d2ef2e 100644 --- a/doc/install/installation.md +++ b/doc/install/installation.md @@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ Make sure you have the right version of Git installed # Install into /usr/local/bin sudo make prefix=/usr/local install - # Create a symlink for GitLab - sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git + # When editing config/gitlab.yml (Step 6), change the git bin_path to /usr/local/bin/git **Note:** In order to receive mail notifications, make sure to install a mail server. By default, Debian is shipped with exim4 whereas Ubuntu @@ -195,6 +194,8 @@ You can change `6-1-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, # Make sure to change "localhost" to the fully-qualified domain name of your # host serving GitLab where necessary + # + # If you installed Git from source, change the git bin_path to /usr/local/bin/git sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml # Make sure GitLab can write to the log/ and tmp/ directories -- GitLab