From b8780da83209d5f3d81a9f4fe664e88f90210fe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:06:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] hint about when requesttyle=path is needed --- doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn index cca8e1ce74..f432e6a6bb 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn @@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ the S3 remote. * `requeststyle` - Set to "path" to use path style requests, instead of the default DNS style requests. This is needed with some S3 services. + If you get an error about a host name not existing, it's a good + indication that you need to use this. + * `bucket` - S3 requires that buckets have a globally unique name, so by default, a bucket name is chosen based on the remote name and UUID. This can be specified to pick a bucket name.