gitforgefs/contrib/systemd/README.md

This unit file allows you to automatically start gitlabfs as a systemd unit.

Install

1. Install gitlabfs using go get
2. Run which gitlabfs to verify that gitlabfs is present in your PATH. if the command fail, you may need to add $HOME/go/bin to your PATH.
3. Copy gitlabfs@.service into ~/.config/systemd/user. Create the folder if it does not exists.
4. Reload systemd: systemctl --user daemon-reload

Usage

1. Create your gitlabfs config file in ~/.config/gitlabfs eg: ~/.config/gitlabfs/gitlab.com.yaml. Make sure the config file name ends with .yaml and a mountpoint is configured in the file.
2. Start your service with systemctl --user start gitlabfs@<name of your config>.service. eg: systemctl --user start gitlabfs@gitlab.com.service. Omit the .yaml in the name of the service.
3. Enable your service start on login with systemctl --user enable gitlabfs@<name of your config>.service. eg: systemctl --user enable gitlabfs@gitlab.com.service