Unhide a hidden Gerrit project

Question

We have a project in Gerrit that is hidden. I have two questions about this 'feature':

1. Where can I find this setting on disk or database so I can verify the state of a project?
2. How can I make a hidden project active again?

I'm admin in Gerrit and have CLI access to the server, so I can access files on the server if that is necessary.

Regards,

Johan-Kees

Answer 1

The probably easiest way is using the web UI. Access the project settings and change the State from Hidden to Active (you can access this page via https://review.example.com/#/admin/projects/example for project example):

You can also use the gerrit set-project SSH command to change a projects visibility (see docs):

$ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit set-project example --project-state ACTIVE

I guess this is saved in the project.config in the refs/meta/config, which would be another way.