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-External URL Avatar Plugin Configuration
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-This plugin allows to use an own web service to load the avatar images from.
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-Options:
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-* `avatar.url` - the location of avatar images containing `%s`, which will then be replaced by the `username`. Required.
-* `avatar.changeUrl` - the URL shown in Gerrit's user settings to tell the user, where the avatar can be changed. Optional. 
-
-Example (to be added to `etc/gerrit.config`):
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-    [avatar]
-        url = http://example.org/avatars/%s.jpg
-        changeUrl = http://example.org/account.html
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-Please note that `http://` URLs will be automatically rewritten to `https://`, if `gerrit.canonicalWebUrl` uses HTTPS. 
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