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<h2 class="section" id='H1'><a href="#H1" class="sectionlink"><i class="icon-share-alt"> </i></a>Upgrading Gitblit WAR (1.7.0+)</h2><p>The default <code>gitblit.properties</code> file has been split into two files: <code>gitblit.properties</code>, which is the recommended file for setting your configuration, and <code>defaults.properties</code> which are Gitblit's default settings.</p>
<pre><code># Include Gitblit&#39;s &#39;defaults.properties&#39; within your configuration.
#
# COMMA-DELIMITED
# SINCE 1.7.0
include = defaults.properties
</code></pre><p>Notice that the default settings are <em>included</em> by your <code>gitblit.properties</code> file. The disadvantage to this approach is you must flip between discovering/reading the settings in <code>defaults.properties</code> and setting them in <code>gitblit.properties</code>, but there are some clear advantages too. This setup is not required. You may continue to keep all your settings in <code>gitblit.properties</code> like before.</p><p>Additionally you may find it useful if you are maintaining several Gitblit instances to share common properties files.</p>
<h2 class="section" id='H2'><a href="#H2" class="sectionlink"><i class="icon-share-alt"> </i></a>Upgrading Gitblit WAR (1.4.0+)</h2><p>The <em>baseFolder</em> context parameter has been replaced with a <em>baseFolder</em> JNDI env-entry. This means you can define the <em>baseFolder</em> from the administrative console of your servlet container and not have to manipulate anything in the web.xml file.</p>
<h2 class="section" id='H3'><a href="#H3" class="sectionlink"><i class="icon-share-alt"> </i></a>Upgrading Gitblit WAR (1.2.1+)</h2>
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<li>Make sure your <code>WEB-INF/web.xml</code> <em>baseFolder</em> context parameter is not <code>${contextFolder}/WEB-INF/data</code>!<br/>If it is, move your <code>WEB-INF/data</code> folder to a location writeable by your servlet container.</li>
<li>Deploy new WAR</li>
<li>Edit the new WAR's <code>WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file and set the <em>baseFolder</em> context parameter to your external baseFolder.</li>
<li>Review and optionally apply any new settings as indicated in the <a href="releases.html">release log</a> to <code>${baseFolder}/gitblit.properties</code>.</li>
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<h2 class="section" id='H4'><a href="#H4" class="sectionlink"><i class="icon-share-alt"> </i></a>Upgrading Gitblit WAR (pre-1.2.1)</h2>
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<li>Create a <code>data</code> as outlined in step 1 of <em>Upgrading Gitblit GO (pre-1.2.1)</em></li>
<li>Copy your existing web.xml to your data folder</li>
<li>Deploy new WAR</li>
<li>Copy the new WAR's <code>WEB-INF/data/gitblit.properties</code> file to your data folder</li>
<li>Manually apply any changes you made to your original web.xml file to the gitblit.properties file you copied to your data folder</li>
<li>Edit the new WAR's <code>WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file and set the <em>baseFolder</em> context parameter to your external baseFolder.</li>
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