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@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ GitLab is a code hosting software and as such you don't want to lose your code w
 
 * `/home/git/data`
 
+Note that if you are using the `docker-compose` approach, this has already been done for you.
+
 SELinux users are also required to change the security context of the mount point so that it plays nicely with selinux.
 
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