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- Ubuntu/Debian**
- ruby 1.9.3
- MySQL or PostgreSQL
- git
- gitlab-shell
- redis
** More details are in the requirements doc
If you want to contribute, please first read our Contributing Guidelines and then we suggest you to use the Vagrant virtual machine project to get an environment working with all dependencies.
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GitLab recipes for setup on different platforms
Each month on the 22nd a new version is released together with an upgrade guide.
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Features that will be in the next release are listed on the feedback and suggestions forum with the status "started".
The Installation guide contains instructions on how to download an init script and run it automatically on boot. You can also start the init script manually:
sudo service gitlab start
or by directly calling the script
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab start
Start it with Foreman
bundle exec foreman start -p 3000
or start each component separately
bundle exec rails s
bundle exec rake sidekiq:start
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Spinach integration tests
All Spinach tests: bundle exec rake spinach Single Spinach test: bundle exec spinach features/project/issues/milestones.feature
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Maintenance policy specifies what versions are supported.
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Troubleshooting guide contains solutions to common problems.
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Mailing list and Stack Overflow are the best places to ask questions. For example you can use it if you have questions about: permission denied errors, invisible repos, can't clone/pull/push or with web hooks that don't fire. Please search for similar issues before posting your own, there's a good chance somebody else had the same issue you have now and has resolved it. There are a lot of helpful GitLab users there who may be able to help you quickly. If your particular issue turns out to be a bug, it will find its way from there to a fix.
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Feedback and suggestions forum is the place to propose and discuss new features for GitLab.
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Contributing guide describes how to submit pull requests and issues. Pull requests and issues not in line with the guidelines in this document will be closed.
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