From e720c6f3ccd57ab7e5983d2c49247afc76528195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcia Ramos Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 04:50:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update repository_mirroring.md - EE features --- doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md b/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md index 7d417024ac3688..02ce62ffd6dbea 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md +++ b/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md @@ -1,3 +1,28 @@ +---- + +## What is Repository Mirroring about? + +It's a way to mirror repositories from external sources. It's going to mirror all +the branches, tags, and commits that you have in your project within another +Git management service. + +It's very useful when, for some reason, you cannot simply remove a project +from another source. + +Your mirror at GitLab will be updated automatically once an hour. You can manually +update it whenever you need. + +## Use-cases + +- You migrated to GitLab but still needs to keep you project in another source. +You simple set it up to mirror to GitLab and all the essential history of +commits, tags and branches will be reproduced in your GitLab EE instance. +- You have old projects in another source that you don't use actively anymore. +You create a mirror to your active GitLab EE instance to be able to be aware of +any eventual changes in your project. + +---- + # Repository Mirroring You can set up a project to automatically have its branches, tags, and commits updated from an upstream repository. -- GitLab From fee82af260ebbdb7f72442f22eef6bd3957e80e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcia Ramos Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 02:36:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] adjustments based on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/issues/336#note_13718538 --- doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md b/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md index 02ce62ffd6dbea..0629555e9f9c60 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md +++ b/doc/workflow/repository_mirroring.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ ----- -## What is Repository Mirroring about? +# Repository Mirroring + +## Overview It's a way to mirror repositories from external sources. It's going to mirror all the branches, tags, and commits that you have in your project within another @@ -21,9 +22,7 @@ commits, tags and branches will be reproduced in your GitLab EE instance. You create a mirror to your active GitLab EE instance to be able to be aware of any eventual changes in your project. ----- - -# Repository Mirroring +## Description You can set up a project to automatically have its branches, tags, and commits updated from an upstream repository. This is useful when a repository you're interested in is located on a different server, and you want to be able to browse its content and its activity using the familiar GitLab interface. -- GitLab