Configuring Sourcegraph

Configuring Sourcegraph deployed with Docker-Compose.

Fork this repository

We strongly recommend that you create your own fork of sourcegraph/deploy-sourcegraph-docker to track customizations to the Sourcegraph Docker Compose yaml. This will make upgrades far easier.

• Fork the sourcegraph/deploy-sourcegraph-docker repository > WARNING: Set it to private if you plan to store secrets (SSL certificates, external Postgres credentials, etc.) within the repository.

• Create a release branch to track all of your customizations to Sourcegraph. > NOTE: When you upgrade Sourcegraph, you will merge upstream into this branch.

export SOURCEGRAPH_VERSION="v3.26.3"
git checkout $SOURCEGRAPH_VERSION -b release

• Commit customizations to the Sourcegraph Docker Compose yaml to your release branch

Upgrading with a forked repository

• When you upgrade, merge the corresponding upstream release tag into your release branch.

# to add the upstream remote.
git remote add upstream https://github.com/sourcegraph/deploy-sourcegraph-docker
# to merge the upstream release tag into your release branch.
git checkout release && git merge v3.26.3