Clarify where the artifacts metadata .gz is generated

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Eric Eastwood 2017-10-05 02:56:52 -05:00
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## Implementation details
When GitLab receives an artifacts archive, an archive metadata file is also
generated. This metadata file describes all the entries that are located in the
artifacts archive itself. The metadata file is in a binary format, with
additional GZIP compression.
generated by [GitLab Workhorse]. This metadata file describes all the entries
that are located in the artifacts archive itself.
The metadata file is in a binary format, with additional GZIP compression.
GitLab does not extract the artifacts archive in order to save space, memory
and disk I/O. It instead inspects the metadata file which contains all the