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Rahul gone mad
Rahul gone mad

Reputation: 91

GitLab Merge Request attach a file

When I try to attach a file on my GitLab Merge Request, I see the below on the description text area, enter image description here

My question is does GitLab store the attachments in a temporary storage? Also I see some random ids/keys generated in the path as seen in attachment, where does that come from?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4088

Answers (1)

surajs1n
surajs1n

Reputation: 1583

Gitlab stores the files on a server connected databases. It uses CarrierWave for related operations. I believe it would be permanently kept unless it is removed by the GitLab's admin. Based on its official documentation, it doesn't talk about the retention period of the file anywhere.

Speaking of your second question, /uploads/f866b9da460fde0a9378cac37f6c4548/test.PNG the second string from left is just a random hash string (internally system generated). You can assume it as the number of attachments can grow exponentially, therefore, Gitlab can use the sharding-mechanism based this random string to upload and fetch your files with ease. You can refer to this documentation for further details.

Upvotes: 1

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