Using a mounted volume for files

Dave Jensen

I'm on DigitalOcean and I use an attached volume to store uploads. I've been using a symlink but it creates a bit of an issue:

$ git status
On branch v1.11.x
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/v1.11.x'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        deleted:    public/uploads/files/.gitignore

The problem is that when I upgrade it clobbers the files symlink. Does this NodeBB instance use an attached volume? If yes, do you symlink to it?

Thanks.

<baris>

I think instead of a symlink you need a mount, docs https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-nfs-mount-on-ubuntu-16-04

Dave Jensen

I have a mount. I mount the DO volume to the default location from their configuration instructions: /mnt/<volume-name>/ and then I nest the files dir under there.

Then I symlink public/uploads/files to the files dir I set up on the mount.

Problem seems to be that git treats symlinks as files so it thinks files/.gitignore is missing.