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diff --git a/doc/administration/repository_checks.md b/doc/administration/repository_checks.md index ee37ea49874..efeec9db517 100644 --- a/doc/administration/repository_checks.md +++ b/doc/administration/repository_checks.md @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ checks failed you can see their output on the admin log page under ## Periodic checks -When enabled, GitLab periodically runs a repository check on all project -repositories and wiki repositories in order to detect data corruption problems. +When enabled, GitLab periodically runs a repository check on all project +repositories and wiki repositories in order to detect data corruption. A project will be checked no more than once per month. If any projects fail their repository checks all GitLab administrators will receive an email -notification of the situation. This notification is sent out once a week on -Sunday, by default. +notification of the situation. This notification is sent out once a week, +by default, midnight at the start of Sunday. ## Disabling periodic checks @@ -28,16 +28,18 @@ panel. ## What to do if a check failed If the repository check fails for some repository you should look up the error -in repocheck.log (in the admin panel or on disk; see -`/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails` for Omnibus installations or -`/home/git/gitlab/log` for installations from source). Once you have -resolved the issue use the admin panel to trigger a new repository check on -the project. This will clear the 'check failed' state. +in `repocheck.log`: + +- in the [admin panel](logs.md#repocheck.log) +- or on disk, see: + - `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails` for Omnibus installations + - `/home/git/gitlab/log` for installations from source If for some reason the periodic repository check caused a lot of false -alarms you can choose to clear ALL repository check states from the -'Settings' page of the admin panel. +alarms you can choose to clear *all* repository check states by +clicking "Clear all repository checks" on the **Settings** page of the +admin panel (`/admin/application_settings`). --- [ce-3232]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3232 "Auto git fsck" -[git-fsck]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fsck.html "git fsck documentation" +[git-fsck]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck "git fsck documentation" |