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| author | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2017-05-29 18:49:56 +0300 |
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| committer | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2017-06-08 14:57:01 +0300 |
| commit | 682a7020137680ca07e57733d9adb521a0474453 (patch) | |
| tree | 0763b2ed0f8112850a8dbe757556be103402995e /doc | |
| parent | 6f2e590e8278eeb2cbb324c3990d6c65b277933c (diff) | |
Merge branch 'rework-authorizations-performance' into 'master'
Rework project authorizations and nested groups for better performance
See merge request !10885
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diff --git a/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md b/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md index 151c17f3bf1..ffbc5ca4827 100644 --- a/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md +++ b/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ up to 20 levels of nested groups, which among other things can help you to: - **Make it easier to manage people and control visibility.** Give people different [permissions][] depending on their group [membership](#membership). +## Database Requirements + +Nested groups are only supported when you use PostgreSQL. Supporting nested +groups on MySQL in an efficient way is not possible due to MySQL's limitations. +See the following links for more information: + +* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30472> +* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10885> + ## Overview A group can have many subgroups inside it, and at the same time a group can have |