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diff --git a/doc/administration/repository_storage_types.md b/doc/administration/repository_storage_types.md index d2bab9a1e04..a85f678fe95 100644 --- a/doc/administration/repository_storage_types.md +++ b/doc/administration/repository_storage_types.md @@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ To look up a project's hash path using a Rails console: #### From hashed path to project name -Administrators can look up a project's name from its hashed storage path using a Rails console. To -look up a project's name from its hashed storage path: +Administrators can look up a project's name from its hashed storage path using: + +- A Rails console. +- The `config` file in the `*.git` directory. + +To look up a project's name using the Rails console: 1. Start a [Rails console](operations/rails_console.md#starting-a-rails-console-session). 1. Run a command similar to this example: @@ -121,6 +125,14 @@ The output includes the project ID and the project name. For example: => #<Project id:16 it/supportteam/ticketsystem> ``` +To look up a project's name using the `config` file in the `*.git` directory: + +1. Navigate to the to the `*.git` directory. This directory is located in `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/@hashed/`, where the first four + characters of the hash are the first two directories in the path under `@hashed/`. For example, on a default Omnibus GitLab installation the + `*.git` directory of the hash `b17eb17ef6d19c7a5b1ee83b907c595526dcb1eb06db8227d650d5dda0a9f4ce8cd9` would be + `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/@hashed/b1/7e/b17ef6d19c7a5b1ee83b907c595526dcb1eb06db8227d650d5dda0a9f4ce8cd9.git`. +1. Open the `config` file and locate the `fullpath=` key under `[gitlab]`. + ### Hashed object pools > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1606) in GitLab 12.1. |