[3.1 => 4.0] Error in namespaceify script / rename repos?

Created by: 2called-chaos

Hey guys,

I've updated my Gitlab installation yesterday but had to fiddle around a lot. There are two problems whereas one is more sort of a feature request. I described the problem on Google groups but I will quote it here anyways.

Bug: The rake task "gitlab:enable_namespaces" seems to miss to delete the old repo from gitolite which results in gitolite creates new empty repositories. This is not a major problem as they are just polluting the disk rather than doing anything else.

My suggested solution (more a workaround than a solution):

Gitlab::Gitolite.new.config.apply do |c|
  c.conf.rm_repo("some_project")
  c.conf.rm_repo("some_other_project")
  c.conf.rm_repo("do_NOT_add_a.git") # important!
end

Also I was wondering why you can do a "danger" move or rename a namespace but not the repository name itself (as in the linked discussion there is a need for this especially after the newly introduced namespaces). I've found a workaround for this too but is there no easy way of adding this directly into the GUI as "dangerous action"?

Step 1: Move the repository via GUI in a namespace if not already happened (I don't know if there is the same bug as in the update script mentioned above)

Step 2: Database Rename the repository path in the database (column: path) and remember the ID column value.

Step 3: Move repository Move resp. rename the repository directory to its corresponding destination

Step 4: Apply gitolite permissions Open up an IRB console and replace the values before running the following (do not add the .git extension!):

Gitlab::Gitolite.new.move_repository "namespace/old_repository_name", Project.find(<REMEMBERED ID>)

Step 5: Create satellites Run the following command in your gitlab installation directory (as gitlab user):

bundle exec rake gitlab:satellites:create RAILS_ENV=production

Regards,

Chaos

Created by: riyad

There will be a cleanup task in the next release. :) There is also an effort to make the project path editable (see #2427 (closed))

By Administrator on 2013-01-07T19:04:12 (imported from GitLab)