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The original documentation was written with a focus on local storage and missed a few important aspects of how storage types can be mixed together in some subsystems. * unify the susbsystem paths to be "directory" instead of using "base path". It is not technically a directory in S3 but looks like one and the approximation is unlikely to cause confusion. * use S3 instead of minio where possible to emphasize the storage type is not MinIO specific and add a section for the compatibility with garage * change the document structure to have two separate parts: * [storage] the global sections * [xxxx] the subsystem specific section and within each of them local and S3 are documented separately because they share nothing * [storage] is documented to be a fallback if [xxxx] does not exist for a given subsystem. There is no notion of inheritance because it behaves in ways that are not tested and for which consistency is not guaranteed * backward compatibility with Gitea is documented to be the reason why there are no safeguards against undocumented features
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---
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title: 'Storage settings'
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license: 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'
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---
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The storage for each subsystem is defined in `app.ini`. It can either
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be on disk (`local` which is the default) or using a S3 compatible
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server (`minio`). In both cases each subsystem stores all files (or
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objects in the S3 parlance) in a dedicated directory as shown in the
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table below:
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| subsystem | directory | app.ini sections |
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| ------------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- |
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| Attachments | attachments/ | [attachment] |
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| LFS | lfs/ | [lfs] |
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| Avatars | avatars/ | [avatar] |
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| Repository avatars | repo-avatars/ | [repo-avatar] |
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| Repository archives | repo-archive/ | [repo-archive] |
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| Packages | packages/ | [packages] |
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| Actions logs | actions_log/ | [storage.actions_log] |
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| Actions Artifacts | actions_artifacts/ | [actions.artifacts] |
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For instance:
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- if the `STORAGE_TYPE` is `local` and `APP_DATA_PATH` is
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`/appdata`, the default directory to store attachments is
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`/appdata/attachments`
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- if the `STORAGE_TYPE` is `minio`, the
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default directory to store attachments within the `MINIO_BUCKET`
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bucket will be `attachments/`.
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## Changing the storage for all subsystems
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The `[storage]` section can be used to modify the storage of all
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subsystems. The default is to use `local` storage under
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`APP_DATA_PATH` and is equivalent to writing the following in `app.ini`:
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```
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[server]
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APP_DATA_PATH = /forgejo/data
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = local
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PATH = /forgejo/data
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```
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### Using local
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For `local` storage, the `[storage]` section can only be used to
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change the path under which all subsystems directories will be
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created, using the `PATH` settings with an absolute pathname.
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For instance:
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```
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = local
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PATH = /mystorage
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```
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will change the default for storing attachments to
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`/mystorage/attachments`, LFS to `/mystorage/lfs` etc.
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### Using minio
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The `[storage]` section can be used to change the default storage type
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used by all subsystems to `minio`.
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For instance:
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```
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = minio
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MINIO_ENDPOINT = 127.0.0.1:9000
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MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID = [redacted]
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MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = [redacted]
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MINIO_BUCKET = forgejo
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MINIO_LOCATION = us-east-1
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```
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will change the default for storing attachments to `attachments/` in
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the `forgejo` bucket, LFS to `lfs/` in the `forgejo` bucket etc.
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> **NOTE:** `MINIO_BASE_PATH` must not be set in the `[storage]` section.
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## Storage settings for a single subsystem
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It is possible to configure some subsystems to use S3 storage and others to use local
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storage by adding settings to their respective sections. For instance:
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```
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[attachment]
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PATH = /otherstorage/attachments
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[lfs]
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STORAGE_TYPE = minio
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MINIO_BASE_PATH = lfs/
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MINIO_ENDPOINT = 127.0.0.1:9000
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MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID = [redacted]
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MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = [redacted]
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MINIO_BUCKET = forgejo
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MINIO_LOCATION = us-east-1
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```
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will store attachments in the local directory
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`/otherstorage/attachments` while `lfs` files will be stored in the S3
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server within the `lfs/` directory of the `forgejo` bucket.
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## Storage settings
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The value of `STORAGE_TYPE` can be `local` (the default) for file
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system directories or `minio` for S3 servers. Each storage type has
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its own settings, as explained below.
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### Using local
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There is just one setting when the `STORAGE_TYPE` is set to `local`:
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`PATH`. It must be an absolute path and is interpreted as follows.
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In the `[storage]` section, `PATH` is the path under which the
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directories of each subsystem will be created instead of
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`APP_DATA_PATH`. For instance, if `APP_DATA_PATH` equals `/appdata`
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```
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = local
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PATH = /mystorage
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```
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will create attachments in `/mystorage/attachments` instead of
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`/appdata/attachments`, LFS files in `/mystorage/lfs` instead of
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`/appdata/lfs`, etc.
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In the section dedicated to a subsystem (see the table in the introduction), `PATH`
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is the base path under which all files will be stored. For instance:
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```
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = local
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PATH = /mystorage
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[attachment]
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STORAGE_TYPE = local
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PATH = /otherstorage/attachments
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```
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will store attachments in `/otherstorage/attachments` while `lfs`
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files will be stored in `/mystorage/lfs`.
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### Using minio
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When the `STORAGE_TYPE` is set to `minio`, the settings are used to to
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connect to a S3 compatible server:
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- `SERVE_DIRECT`: **false**: Allows the storage driver to redirect to authenticated URLs to serve files directly. Only supported via signed URLs.
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- `MINIO_ENDPOINT`: **localhost:9000**: S3 endpoint to connect.
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- `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID`: S3 accessKeyID to connect.
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- `MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`: S3 secretAccessKey to connect.
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- `MINIO_BUCKET`: **forgejo**: S3 bucket to store the data.
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- `MINIO_LOCATION`: **us-east-1**: S3 location to create bucket.
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- `MINIO_USE_SSL`: **false**: S3 enabled ssl.
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- `MINIO_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY`: **false**: S3 skip SSL verification.
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When used in the `[storage]` section they apply to all
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subsystems. When used in the section specific to a subsystem (see the table in the introduction), they
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are only used for objects that belong to this subsystem. Here is a example:
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```
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[storage]
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STORAGE_TYPE = minio
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SERVE_DIRECT = false
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MINIO_ENDPOINT = garage:9000
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MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID = [redacted]
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MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = [redacted]
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MINIO_BUCKET = forgejo
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MINIO_LOCATION = us-east-1
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MINIO_USE_SSL = false
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MINIO_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY = false
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[lfs]
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STORAGE_TYPE = minio
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MINIO_BASE_PATH = nonstandardlfs/
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SERVE_DIRECT = false
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MINIO_ENDPOINT = minio:9000
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MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID = [redacted]
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MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = [redacted]
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MINIO_BUCKET = forgejo
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MINIO_LOCATION = us-east-1
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MINIO_USE_SSL = false
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MINIO_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY = false
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```
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- `MINIO_BASE_PATH`: **only valid in the specific subsystem section (see the table in the introduction)**
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overrides the default directory in which objects are stored in the `MINIO_BUCKET` bucket.
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For all subsystems that use the `minio` storage type found in the
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`[storage]` section, the directory in which the objects are stored is
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determined using the table in the introduction. For instance LFS files will be
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stored in the `lfs/` directory within the `forgejo` bucket.
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When the `minio` storage is set in a section specific to a subsystem,
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the `MINIO_BASE_PATH` setting can be used to override the default
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directory. In the example above, `MINIO_BASE_PATH = nonstandardlfs/`
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means LFS objects will be stored in the `nonstandardlfs/` directory
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within the `forgejo` bucket instead of the `lfs/` directory
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## S3 servers compatibility
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Although the S3 storage type is named `minio` it does not rely on any
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[MinIO](https://min.io/) specific features. The S3 storage type is
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[tested](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/.forgejo/upgrades/test-upgrade.sh) to be compatible with:
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- [MinIO](https://min.io/) 2021.3.17 and 2023-08-23
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- [garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/) v0.8.2
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## Undocumented features
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It is **strongly** recommended to avoid using undocumented features -
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such as `[storage.attachments]` as an alternative to `[attachment]`
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for instance (the plural is not a typo, it is a unification problem) -
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because their behavior is not thoroughly tested and may lead to
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unexpected results.
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There are no safeguards preventing the use of undocumented features
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because it may not be backward compatible when upgrading from Gitea to
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Forgejo.
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## Legacy settings
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Some settings are deprecated but still supported in the interest of
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backward compatibility. They should be replaced as follows:
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- `[server].LFS_CONTENT_PATH` is replaced with `[lfs].PATH`
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- `[picture].AVATAR_UPLOAD_PATH` is replaced with `[avatar].PATH`
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- `[picture].REPOSITORY_AVATAR_UPLOAD_PATH` is replaced with `[repo-avatar].PATH`
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Legacy settings have a lower priority and will be overridden by their
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replacement if both are present. For instance:
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```
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[picture]
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AVATAR_UPLOAD_PATH = /legacy_path
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[avatar]
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PATH = /avatar_path
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```
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will store avatar files in `/avatar_path`.
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