Merge branch '6.9.0.rc1' into 'master'

Version 6.9.0.rc1

VERSION

-6.9.0.pre
+6.9.0.rc1

doc/install/installation.md

@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ NOTE: because we need to make use of extensions you need at least pgsql 9.1.
 ## Clone the Source
 
     # Clone GitLab repository
-    sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git -b 6-8-stable gitlab
+    sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git -b 6-9-stable gitlab
 
     # Go to gitlab dir
     cd /home/git/gitlab
 
 **Note:**
-You can change `6-8-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, but never install master on a production server!
+You can change `6-9-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, but never install master on a production server!
 
 ## Configure it
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ GitLab Shell is an ssh access and repository management software developed speci
     cd /home/git/gitlab
 
     # Run the installation task for gitlab-shell (replace `REDIS_URL` if needed):
-    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:install[v1.9.3] REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379 RAILS_ENV=production
+    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:install[v1.9.4] REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379 RAILS_ENV=production
 
     # By default, the gitlab-shell config is generated from your main gitlab config. You can review (and modify) it as follows:
     sudo -u git -H editor /home/git/gitlab-shell/config.yml

doc/update/6.8-to-6.9.md

+# From 6.8 to 6.9
+
+### 0. Backup
+
+```bash
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
+```
+
+### 1. Stop server
+
+```bash
+sudo service gitlab stop
+```
+
+### 2. Get latest code
+
+```bash
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
+```
+
+For Gitlab Community Edition:
+
+```bash
+sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-9-stable
+```
+
+OR
+
+For GitLab Enterprise Edition:
+
+```bash
+sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-9-stable-ee
+```
+
+### 3. Update gitlab-shell (and its config)
+
+```bash
+cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
+sudo -u git -H git fetch
+sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.9.4
+```
+
+### 4. Install libs, migrations, etc.
+
+```bash
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+
+# MySQL installations (note: the line below states '--without ... postgres')
+sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test postgres --deployment
+
+# PostgreSQL installations (note: the line below states '--without ... mysql')
+sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test mysql --deployment
+```
+
+### 5. Update config files
+
+#### New configuration options for gitlab.yml
+
+There are new configuration options available for gitlab.yml. View them with the command below and apply them to your current gitlab.yml if desired.
+
+```
+git diff 6-8-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example 6-9-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
+```
+
+### 6. Start application
+
+    sudo service gitlab start
+    sudo service nginx restart
+
+### 7. Check application status
+
+Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:
+
+    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production
+
+To make sure you didn't miss anything run a more thorough check with:
+
+    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production
+
+If all items are green, then congratulations upgrade is complete!
+
+## Things went south? Revert to previous version (6.8)
+
+### 1. Revert the code to the previous version
+Follow the [`upgrade guide from 6.7 to 6.8`](6.7-to-6.8.md), except for the database migration 
+(The backup is already migrated to the previous version)
+
+### 2. Restore from the backup:
+
+```bash
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:restore RAILS_ENV=production
+```
+If you have more than one backup *.tar file(s) please add `BACKUP=timestamp_of_backup` to the command above.