From 07913ec999a05f4b347f8abf35a54549a18d9262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Allan Webber Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:07:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added the "making local copies" section to configuration.rst --- docs/source/configuration.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst index 354a7098..040b926d 100644 --- a/docs/source/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst @@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ mediagoblin/config_spec.ini Making local copies =================== +Assuming you're doing the virtualenv setup described elsewhere in this +manual and you need to make local tweaks to the config files, there's +an easy way to do that. + +To make changes to mediagoblin.ini: + + cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini + +To make changes to paste.ini: + cp paste.ini paste_local.ini + +From here you should be able to make direct adjustments to the files, +and most of the commands described elsewhere in this manual will "notice" +your local config files and use those instead of the non-local version. + +(Note that all commands provide a way to pass in a specific config +file also, usually by a -cf flag.) Common changes ==============