Merge pull request #92 from gucorpling/dev

Dev

README.md

@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ You have three choices:
 Unless you have a good reason to do (2) or (3), we recommend you do (1).
 
 # Pull the latest Docker image
-**Note:** currently, only the `gucorpling/gitdox-dev` image is available. We
+**Note:** currently, only the `gucorpling/gitdox:dev` image is available. We
 hope to provide a stable release soon.
 
 First, [install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/). You may be able to
 install it using your platform's package manager.
 
 ```bash
-docker run -dit --restart unless-stopped --name gitdox-dev -p 5000:80 gucorpling/gitdox-dev
+docker run -dit --restart unless-stopped --name gitdox-dev -p 5000:80 gucorpling/gitdox:dev
 ```
 
 GitDox should now be running the docker container you've set up, and you may
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ docker stop gitdox
 docker start gitdox
 ```
 
-If for whatever reason you need to manually edit GitDox files, you may start a
+If you need to manually edit GitDox files, you may start a
 bash session inside of the Docker container:
 
 ```bash
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ cd /var/www/html
 vim user/admin.ini # or whatever you need to edit
 ```
 
+If you anticipate that you will need to heavily modify GitDox's files, you may wish 
+to have your GitDox folders live in your host machine's filesystem:
+
+```bash
+sudo git clone https://github.com/gucorpling/gitdox /opt/gitdox
+sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/gitdox
+docker run -dit --restart unless-stopped --name gitdox -v /opt/gitdox:/var/www/html -p 5000:80 gucorpling/gitdox:dev gitdox
+```
+
+These commands install GitDox under `/opt` in your host machine and allows you to modify them just as you would modify any other file on your machine. But in the Docker command, with the `-v` flag we tell it to mount this folder as `/var/www/html` in the container's filesystem. The files are shared bidirectionally: changes made in the container will flow to the host, and vice versa.
+
 # Build and run a Docker image
 First, [install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/). You may be able to
 install it using your platform's package manager.