GITEA_WORK_DIR not being used for GITEA_CUSTOM when looking up locales #9702

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T08:47:08-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 08:47:08 -06:00

Originally created by @plsnp on GitHub (Oct 18, 2022).

Description

https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/environment-variables/

The documentation says:

GITEA_CUSTOM: Gitea uses GITEA_WORK_DIR/custom folder by default. Use this variable to change custom directory.

However setting GITEA_WORK_DIR is not sufficient for looking up locales and GITEA_CUSTOM must be set explicitly.

gitea2@myserver~/gitea
» HOME=/home/gitea2 GITEA_WORK_DIR=/home/gitea2/gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea2 -c /home/gitea2/gitea/conf/app.ini web
.. some log messages before
2022/10/18 15:16:59 ...ation/translation.go:60:InitLocales() [F] Failed to list locale files: Failed to check if custom directory stat /etc/gitea/options/locale: permission denied is a directory. %!v(MISSING)

gitea2@myserver~/gitea
» HOME=/home/gitea2 GITEA_CUSTOM=/home/gitea2/gitea/custom GITEA_WORK_DIR=/home/gitea2/gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea2 -c /home/gitea2/gitea/conf/app.ini web
2022/10/18 15:17:25 cmd/web.go:106:runWeb() [I] Starting Gitea on PID: 23564
.. after this failure doesn't show up and booting of gitea continues ..

I looked in app.ini for keywords etc and locale but i didn't see any reason why it might be reading from the path /etc/gitea/options/locale

Gitea Version

1.17.3

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

No

Log Gist

No response

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Git Version

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Operating System

No response

How are you running Gitea?

downloaded binary from official website

Database

PostgreSQL

Originally created by @plsnp on GitHub (Oct 18, 2022). ### Description https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/environment-variables/ The documentation says: > GITEA_CUSTOM: Gitea uses GITEA_WORK_DIR/custom folder by default. Use this variable to change custom directory. However setting `GITEA_WORK_DIR` is not sufficient for looking up locales and `GITEA_CUSTOM` must be set explicitly. ``` gitea2@myserver~/gitea » HOME=/home/gitea2 GITEA_WORK_DIR=/home/gitea2/gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea2 -c /home/gitea2/gitea/conf/app.ini web .. some log messages before 2022/10/18 15:16:59 ...ation/translation.go:60:InitLocales() [F] Failed to list locale files: Failed to check if custom directory stat /etc/gitea/options/locale: permission denied is a directory. %!v(MISSING) ``` ``` gitea2@myserver~/gitea » HOME=/home/gitea2 GITEA_CUSTOM=/home/gitea2/gitea/custom GITEA_WORK_DIR=/home/gitea2/gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea2 -c /home/gitea2/gitea/conf/app.ini web 2022/10/18 15:17:25 cmd/web.go:106:runWeb() [I] Starting Gitea on PID: 23564 .. after this failure doesn't show up and booting of gitea continues .. ``` I looked in `app.ini` for keywords `etc` and `locale` but i didn't see any reason why it might be reading from the path `/etc/gitea/options/locale` ### Gitea Version 1.17.3 ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site? No ### Log Gist _No response_ ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Git Version _No response_ ### Operating System _No response_ ### How are you running Gitea? downloaded binary from official website ### Database PostgreSQL

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#9702