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14 changes: 7 additions & 7 deletions docs/content/administration/backup-and-restore.en-us.md
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Inside the `gitea-dump-1482906742.zip` file, will be the following:

- `app.ini` - Optional copy of configuration file if originally stored outside the default `custom/` directory
- `custom` - All config or customization files in `custom/`.
- `data` - Data directory (APP_DATA_PATH), except sessions if you are using file session. This directory includes `attachments`, `avatars`, `lfs`, `indexers`, SQLite file if you are using SQLite.
- `custom/` - All config or customization files in `custom/`.
- `data/` - Data directory (APP_DATA_PATH), except sessions if you are using file session. This directory includes `attachments`, `avatars`, `lfs`, `indexers`, SQLite file if you are using SQLite.
- `repos/` - Complete copy of the repository directory.
- `gitea-db.sql` - SQL dump of database
- `gitea-repo.zip` - Complete copy of the repository directory.
- `log/` - Various logs. They are not needed for a recovery or migration.

Intermediate backup files are created in a temporary directory specified either with the
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```sh
unzip gitea-dump-1610949662.zip
cd gitea-dump-1610949662
mv data/conf/app.ini /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini
mv app.ini /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini
mv data/* /var/lib/gitea/data/
mv log/* /var/lib/gitea/log/
mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/repositories/
mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/gitea-repositories/
chown -R gitea:gitea /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini /var/lib/gitea

# mysql
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# restore the gitea data
mv data/* /data/gitea
# restore the repositories itself
mv repos/* /data/git/repositories/
mv repos/* /data/git/gitea-repositories/
# adjust file permissions
chown -R git:git /data
# Regenerate Git Hooks
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# restore the gitea data
mv data/* /var/lib/gitea
# restore the repositories itself
mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/git/repositories
mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/git/gitea-repositories
# adjust file permissions
chown -R git:git /etc/gitea/app.ini /var/lib/gitea
# Regenerate Git Hooks
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