From 9c7a3604527ea467266ae1fbd427ea2c6f83af3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:56:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Documented overriding default log4j configuration (issue 53)

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 docs/01_setup.mkd | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/01_setup.mkd b/docs/01_setup.mkd
index 1a3b9a9c..624ef53c 100644
--- a/docs/01_setup.mkd
+++ b/docs/01_setup.mkd
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ Command-Line parameters override the values in `gitblit.properties` at runtime.
 **Example**
 
     java -jar gitblit.jar --userService c:\myrealm.config --storePassword something
+
+#### Overriding Gitblit GO's Log4j Configuration
+
+You can override Gitblit GO's default Log4j configuration with a command-line parameter to the JVM.
+
+    java -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///home/james/log4j.properties -jar gitblit.jar <optional_gitblit_args>
+    
+For reference, here is [Gitblit's default Log4j configuration](https://github.com/gitblit/gitblit/blob/master/src/log4j.properties).  It includes some file appenders that are disabled by default. 
     
 ## Running Gitblit behind Apache
 
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2.39.5