X Took decision to build shadow gitlab root per instance

software/gitlab/TODO

@@ -47,3 +47,23 @@ db:migrate
 Useful to understand:
 
 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/development/architecture.md
+
+
+~~~~
+
+per instance
+
+.secret
+.gitlab_shell_secret
+log/
+tmp/
+public/uploads/
+config/
+    resque.yml
+    gitlab.yml
+    database.yml
+    initializers/
+        rack_attack.rb
+        smtp_settings.rb
+
+    XXX what about unicorn.rb ? <- no need to link (not under rails)

software/gitlab/instance.cfg.in

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ parts =
 
     gitlab-rails
     gitlab-rake
+    gitlab-root-shadow
 
 # std stuff for slapos instance
 eggs-directory = ${buildout:eggs-directory}
@@ -61,6 +62,52 @@ command-line = ${bundler-4gitlab:bundle} exec rails
 command-line = ${bundler-4gitlab:bundle} exec rake
 
 
+# Gitlab/Rails operation is tighted that config/ lives inside code.
+# to have ability to create several instances configured differently from 1 SR,
+# we make another Gitlab root symbolically linked to original SR _and_ several
+# configuration files symbolically linked to instance place.
+#
+# This way Gitlab/Rails still think they work in 1 code / 1 instance way,
+# and we can reuse SR.
+# XXX run second time after first error try? (mkdir fails)
+[gitlab-root-shadow]
+recipe  = plone.recipe.command
+stop-on-error = yes
+location = $${directory:home}/$${:_buildout_section_name_}
+command =
+    mkdir $${:location} && cd $${:location} &&
+#   XXX .[a-z]* - hacky to skip . and ..
+    for i in ${gitlab-repository:location}/* ${gitlab-repository:location}/.[a-z]* ; do ln -s $i ; done  &&
+# secret* tmp/ log/
+    rm -f .secret .gitlab_shell_secret log tmp &&
+    ln -s AAA/.secret . &&
+    ln -s AAA/.gitlab_shell_secret .    &&
+    ln -s $${directory:log}/gitlab log  &&
+    ln -s AAA/tmp .                     &&
+# config/
+    rm config && mkdir config && cd config   &&
+    for i in ${gitlab-repository:location}/config/* ; do ln -s $i ; done    &&
+    ln -s AAA/unicorn.rb .  &&
+    ln -s AAA/gitlab.yml .  &&
+    ln -s AAA/database.yml .    &&
+    ln -s AAA/resque.yml .  &&
+# config/initializers/
+    rm initializers && mkdir initializers && cd initializers    &&
+    for i in ${gitlab-repository:location}/config/initializers/* ; do ln -s $i ; done    &&
+    ln -s AAA/rack_attack.rb .  &&
+    ln -s AAA/smtp_settings.rb .    &&
+# public/
+    cd ../../ &&
+    rm public && mkdir public && cd public  &&
+    for i in ${gitlab-repository:location}/public/* ; do ln -s $i ; done    &&
+    rm uploads  &&
+    ln -s $${directory:var}/gitlab-uploads uploads  &&
+    true
+
+
+
+
+
 # etc/
 
 # service/

software/gitlab/software.cfg

@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@ parts =
 
 #   for instance
     slapos-cookbook
+    eggs
 
 #extends = https://lab.nexedi.cn/kirr/slapos/raw/master/software/helloworld/software.cfg
 #extends = /home/kirr/src/wendelin/slapos/slapos/software/helloworld/software.cfg
 
 
+# eggs for instance.cfg
+[eggs]
+recipe  = zc.recipe.egg
+eggs    = plone.recipe.command
+
+
 [ktest]
 recipe  = zc.recipe.egg:develop
 egg     = ktest