The current path of the `$GITEA_APP_INI` configuration file makes the
forgejo application reset every time the container is restarted, unless
a specific volume for this file is created. Consider the following:
* This quirk is not documented
* All configuration data resides in `/var/lib/gitea`
* The custom configuration path defaults to `/var/lib/gitea/custom/conf`
(see `forgejo -h`)
* Containers mounting the volume `-v /foo/bar:/var/lib/gitea` already
have this file available to modify. Another volume shouldn't be
required
* Containers using named volumes can use `docker cp` to modify the file
inside the volume, if desired
For these reasons, it makes more sense to use the default path for
`$GITEA_APP_INI` rather than require users to create a dedicated volume
for the file. Revert it back to its default while maintaining backwards
compatibility (users can update by simply moving the file to the new
path).
I thought there would be conflicts but that they would not be so difficult to manage. Worst idea I had this week. Change to @oliverpool idea instead.
> Instead of documenting the release notes in the issue, why not in the codebase?
>
> For instance in [go](https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/master:doc/README.md) there is a `doc/next` folder where you add `<pr-number>.md` files which document each pr.
>
> Before the release, a script takes all those files to generate the changelog.
>
> Having them as a file tracked by git, makes them easy to review and to programmatically handle.
Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/155#issuecomment-1787013
Co-authored-by: Shiny Nematoda <snematoda.751k2@aleeas.com>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/3452
Reviewed-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
Co-committed-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
