From: Axilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@archlinux.gr>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 12:37:39 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Configure git global settings
X-Git-Tag: v5.2.0~53^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.osdn.net/view?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0f7c402c735eca30880b428ccad4479c6ab80884;p=wvm%2Fgitlab.git

Configure git global settings

Setting Git's global user.name and user.email are missing from
instructions, causing check.rake to fail at this step.

Signed-off-by: Axilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@archlinux.gr>
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diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index cc89767f3..98a460c69 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -176,8 +176,13 @@ do so with caution!
     # Copy the example Puma config
     sudo -u git -H cp config/puma.rb.example config/puma.rb
 
+    # Configure Git global settings for git user, useful when editing via web
+    # Edit user.email according to what is set in gitlab.yml
+    sudo -u git -H git config --global user.name "GitLab"
+    sudo -u git -H git config --global user.email "gitlab@localhost"
+
 **Important Note:**
-Make sure to edit both files to match your setup.
+Make sure to edit both `gitlab.yml` and `puma.rb` to match your setup.
 
 ## Configure GitLab DB settings