From 6945f4a299d9b46b9896e431086277bfedf54b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:30:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Explain `Gitlab::Middleware::Static`.

---
 config/initializers/static_files.rb | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/initializers/static_files.rb b/config/initializers/static_files.rb
index 2a6eaec0cc4..bc4fe14bc1a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/static_files.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/static_files.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 begin
   app = Rails.application
 
+  # The `ActionDispatch::Static` middleware intercepts requests for static files 
+  # by checking if they exist in the `/public` directory. 
+  # We're replacing it with our `Gitlab::Middleware::Static` that does the same,
+  # except ignoring `/uploads`, letting those go through to the GitLab Rails app.
+
   app.config.middleware.swap(
     ActionDispatch::Static, 
     Gitlab::Middleware::Static,