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	Update WorkPath/WORK_PATH related documents, remove out-dated information. Remove "StaticRootPath" on the admin config display page, because few end user really need it, it only causes misconfiguration.  Co-authored-by: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
		
			
				
	
	
	
	
		
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Environment variables
Table of Contents
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This is an inventory of Gitea environment variables. They change Gitea behaviour.
Initialize them before Gitea command to be effective, for example:
GITEA_CUSTOM=/home/gitea/custom ./gitea web
From Go language
As Gitea is written in Go, it uses some Go variables, such as:
- GOOS
- GOARCH
- GOPATH
For documentation about each of the variables available, refer to the official Go documentation.
Gitea files
- GITEA_WORK_DIR: Absolute path of working directory.
- GITEA_CUSTOM: Gitea uses- WorkPath/custom folder by default. Use this variable to change custom directory.
Operating system specifics
- USER: System user that Gitea will run as. Used for some repository access strings.
- USERNAME: if no- USERfound, Gitea will use- USERNAME
- HOME: User home directory path. The- USERPROFILEenvironment variable is used in Windows.
Only on Windows
- USERPROFILE: User home directory path. If empty, uses- HOMEDRIVE+- HOMEPATH
- HOMEDRIVE: Main drive path used to access the home directory (C:)
- HOMEPATH: Home relative path in the given home drive path
Miscellaneous
- SKIP_MINWINSVC: If set to 1, do not run as a service on Windows.