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	clarification for some steps in the migration guide
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		| @@ -539,7 +539,10 @@ Migration to paperless-ng | ||||
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| At its core, paperless-ng is still paperless and fully compatible. However, some | ||||
| things have changed under the hood, so you need to adapt your setup depending on | ||||
| how you installed paperless. The important things to keep in mind are as follows. | ||||
| how you installed paperless. | ||||
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| This setup describes how to update an existing paperless Docker installation. | ||||
| The important things to keep in mind are as follows: | ||||
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| * Read the :ref:`changelog <paperless_changelog>` and take note of breaking changes. | ||||
| * You should decide if you want to stick with SQLite or want to migrate your database | ||||
| @@ -574,11 +577,18 @@ Migration to paperless-ng is then performed in a few simple steps: | ||||
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|     .. caution:: | ||||
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|         Paperless includes a ``.env`` file. This will set the | ||||
|         project name for docker compose to ``paperless`` so that paperless-ng will | ||||
|         automatically reuse your existing paperless volumes. When you start it, it | ||||
|         will migrate your existing data. After that, your old paperless installation | ||||
|         will be incompatible with the migrated volumes. | ||||
|         Paperless-ng includes a ``.env`` file. This will set the | ||||
|         project name for docker compose to ``paperless``, which will also define the name | ||||
|         of the volumes by paperless-ng. However, if you experience that paperless-ng | ||||
|         is not using your old paperless volumes, verify the names of your volumes with | ||||
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|         .. code:: shell-session | ||||
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|             $ docker volume ls | grep _data | ||||
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|         and adjust the project name in the ``.env`` file so that it matches the name | ||||
|         of the volumes before the ``_data`` part. | ||||
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| 4.  Download the ``docker-compose.sqlite.yml`` file to ``docker-compose.yml``. | ||||
|     If you want to switch to PostgreSQL, do that after you migrated your existing | ||||
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