Add disclaimer for access control documentation
The access control documentation is outdated and describes still the
state of how the access rights configuration worked in Gerrit 2.1.8
and before. The changes to the access rights configuration that have
been done in Gerrit 2.2.x are not reflected in the documentation.
Since many users are confused by the mismatch between the
documentation and the actual Gerrit behaviour, this change adds a
disclaimer to the documentation saying that the documentation is not
up to date so that the readers at least know what to expect from it.
Change-Id: I641653b0cacc62e836db1b7a630a757d5a440a71
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@sap.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/access-control.txt b/Documentation/access-control.txt
index 70cd619..b737ea8 100644
--- a/Documentation/access-control.txt
+++ b/Documentation/access-control.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
Gerrit Code Review - Access Controls
====================================
+.Disclaimer
+****
+This documentation is outdated.
+
+In Gerrit 2.2.x the way how the access rights are configured has
+changed, but this documentation was not updated yet.
+
+This documentation still describes the access rights configuration as
+it was in Gerrit 2.1.8 and before.
+****
+
Access controls in Gerrit are group based. Every user account is a
member of one or more groups, and access and privileges are granted
to those groups. Access rights cannot be granted to individual
