/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories by default, unless you changed it in the /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb file./home/git/repositories or you can see where your repositories are located by looking at config/gitlab.yml under the repositories => storages entries (you'll usually use the default storage path to start).New folder needs to have git user ownership and read/write/execute access for git user and its group:
sudo -u git mkdir /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_groupIf you are using an installation from source, replace /var/opt/gitlab/git-data with /home/git.
sudo cp -r /old/git/foo.git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/
# Do this once when you are done copying git repositories
sudo chown -R git:git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/foo.git needs to be owned by the git user and git users group.
If you are using an installation from source, replace /var/opt/gitlab/git-data with /home/git.
$ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:reposBefore running this command you need to change the directory to where your GitLab installation is located:
$ cd /home/git/gitlab
$ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:import:repos RAILS_ENV=productionProcessing abcd.git
* Created abcd (abcd.git)
Processing group/xyz.git
* Created Group group (2)
* Created xyz (group/xyz.git)
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