Store repository data in data path if not previously set (go-gitea#13991

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* Store repository data in data path if not previously set

* update docs

* Update docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

Co-authored-by: silverwind <[email protected]>

* update docs

Co-authored-by: silverwind <[email protected]>

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ PROJECT_BOARD_BASIC_KANBAN_TYPE = To Do, In Progress, Done
 PROJECT_BOARD_BUG_TRIAGE_TYPE = Needs Triage, High Priority, Low Priority, Closed
 
 [repository]
+; Root path for storing all repository data. It must be an absolute path. By default it is stored in a sub-directory of `APP_DATA_PATH`.
 ROOT =
+; The script type this server supports. Usually this is `bash`, but some users report that only `sh` is available.
 SCRIPT_TYPE = bash
 ; DETECTED_CHARSETS_ORDER tie-break order for detected charsets.
 ; If the charsets have equal confidence, tie-breaking will be done by order in this list

docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Values containing `#` or `;` must be quoted using `` ` `` or `"""`.
 
 ## Repository (`repository`)
 
-- `ROOT`: **~/gitea-repositories/**: Root path for storing all repository data. It must be
-   an absolute path.
+- `ROOT`: **data/gitea-repositories/**: Root path for storing all repository data. It must be
+   an absolute path. By default it is stored in a sub-directory of `APP_DATA_PATH`.
 - `SCRIPT_TYPE`: **bash**: The script type this server supports. Usually this is `bash`,
    but some users report that only `sh` is available.
 - `DETECTED_CHARSETS_ORDER`: **UTF-8, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32BE, UTF-32LE, ISO-8859, windows-1252, ISO-8859, windows-1250, ISO-8859, ISO-8859, ISO-8859, windows-1253, ISO-8859, windows-1255, ISO-8859, windows-1251, windows-1256, KOI8-R, ISO-8859, windows-1254, Shift_JIS, GB18030, EUC-JP, EUC-KR, Big5, ISO-2022, ISO-2022, ISO-2022, IBM424_rtl, IBM424_ltr, IBM420_rtl, IBM420_ltr**: Tie-break order of detected charsets - if the detected charsets have equal confidence, charsets earlier in the list will be chosen in preference to those later. Adding `defaults` will place the unnamed charsets at that point.

docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ https://github.com/loganinak/MigrateGitlabToGogs
   - Windows: Environment variable `USERPROFILE`, else environment variables `HOMEDRIVE`+`HOMEPATH`
 - RepoRootPath
   - `ROOT` in `app.ini`
-  - Else `%(HomeDir)/gitea-repositories`
+  - Else `%(AppDataPath)/gitea-repositories`
 - INI (config file)
   - `-c` flag
   - Else `%(CustomPath)/conf/app.ini`

modules/setting/repository.go

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
-
-	"github.com/unknwon/com"
 )
 
 // enumerates all the policy repository creating
@@ -249,19 +247,14 @@ var (
 )
 
 func newRepository() {
-	homeDir, err := com.HomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Failed to get home directory: %v", err)
-	}
-	homeDir = strings.ReplaceAll(homeDir, "\\", "/")
-
+	var err error
 	// Determine and create root git repository path.
 	sec := Cfg.Section("repository")
 	Repository.DisableHTTPGit = sec.Key("DISABLE_HTTP_GIT").MustBool()
 	Repository.UseCompatSSHURI = sec.Key("USE_COMPAT_SSH_URI").MustBool()
 	Repository.MaxCreationLimit = sec.Key("MAX_CREATION_LIMIT").MustInt(-1)
 	Repository.DefaultBranch = sec.Key("DEFAULT_BRANCH").MustString(Repository.DefaultBranch)
-	RepoRootPath = sec.Key("ROOT").MustString(path.Join(homeDir, "gitea-repositories"))
+	RepoRootPath = sec.Key("ROOT").MustString(path.Join(AppDataPath, "gitea-repositories"))
 	forcePathSeparator(RepoRootPath)
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(RepoRootPath) {
 		RepoRootPath = filepath.Join(AppWorkPath, RepoRootPath)

snap/snapcraft.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ architectures:
 
 environment:
   GITEA_CUSTOM: "$SNAP_COMMON"
-  GITEA_WORK_DIR: "$SNAP_DATA"
+  GITEA_WORK_DIR: "$SNAP_COMMON"
   GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR: "$SNAP/usr/share/git-core/templates"
   GIT_EXEC_PATH: "$SNAP/usr/lib/git-core"