diff -rub forgejo-src-10.0.0/custom/conf/app.example.ini forgejo-src-10.0.0-patched/custom/conf/app.example.ini
--- forgejo-src-10.0.0/custom/conf/app.example.ini	2025-01-16 07:37:10.000000000 +0100
+++ forgejo-src-10.0.0-patched/custom/conf/app.example.ini	2025-01-16 14:05:03.035772154 +0100
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 ;APP_DISPLAY_NAME_FORMAT = {APP_NAME}: {APP_SLOGAN}
 ;;
 ;; RUN_USER will automatically detect the current user - but you can set it here change it if you run locally
-RUN_USER = ; git
+RUN_USER = ; forgejo
 ;;
 ;; Application run mode, affects performance and debugging: "dev" or "prod", default is "prod"
 ;; Mode "dev" makes Gitea easier to develop and debug, values other than "dev" are treated as "prod" which is for production use.
@@ -284,15 +284,15 @@
 ;; $ openssl pkcs12 -in cert.pfx -out cert.pem -nokeys
 ;; $ openssl pkcs12 -in cert.pfx -out key.pem -nocerts -nodes
 ;; Paths are relative to CUSTOM_PATH
-;CERT_FILE = https/cert.pem
-;KEY_FILE = https/key.pem
+CERT_FILE = /etc/forgejo/https/cert.pem
+KEY_FILE = /etc/forgejo/https/key.pem
 ;;
 ;; Root directory containing templates and static files.
 ;; default is the path where Gitea is executed
-;STATIC_ROOT_PATH = ; Will default to the built-in value _`StaticRootPath`_
+STATIC_ROOT_PATH = /usr/share/forgejo
 ;;
 ;; Default path for App data
-;APP_DATA_PATH = data ; relative paths will be made absolute with _`AppWorkPath`_
+;APP_DATA_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data
 ;;
 ;; Enable gzip compression for runtime-generated content, static resources excluded
 ;ENABLE_GZIP = false
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 ;ENABLE_PPROF = false
 ;;
 ;; PPROF_DATA_PATH, use an absolute path when you start gitea as service
-;PPROF_DATA_PATH = data/tmp/pprof ; Path is relative to _`AppWorkPath`_
+PPROF_DATA_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data/tmp/pprof
 ;;
 ;; Landing page, can be "home", "explore", "organizations", "login", or any URL such as "/org/repo" or even "https://anotherwebsite.com"
 ;; The "login" choice is not a security measure but just a UI flow change, use REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW to force users to log in.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 ;;
 ;DB_TYPE = mysql
 ;HOST = 127.0.0.1:3306 ; can use socket e.g. /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
-;NAME = gitea
+;NAME = forgejo
 ;USER = root
 ;PASSWD = ;Use PASSWD = `your password` for quoting if you use special characters in the password.
 ;SSL_MODE = false ; either "false" (default), "true", or "skip-verify"
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 ;;
 ;DB_TYPE = postgres
 ;HOST = 127.0.0.1:5432 ; can use socket e.g. /var/run/postgresql/
-;NAME = gitea
+;NAME = forgejo
 ;USER = root
 ;PASSWD =
 ;SCHEMA =
@@ -573,14 +573,14 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Root path for the log files - defaults to %(GITEA_WORK_DIR)/log
-;ROOT_PATH =
+ROOT_PATH = /var/log/forgejo
 ;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Main Logger
 ;;
 ;; Either "console", "file" or "conn", default is "console"
 ;; Use comma to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console, file"
-MODE = console
+MODE = console, file
 ;;
 ;; Either "Trace", "Debug", "Info", "Warn", "Error" or "None", default is "Info"
 LEVEL = Info
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Root path for storing all repository data. By default, it is set to %(APP_DATA_PATH)s/gitea-repositories.
 ;; A relative path is interpreted as _`AppWorkPath`_/%(ROOT)s
-;ROOT =
+ROOT = /var/lib/forgejo/repositories
 ;;
 ;; The script type this server supports. Usually this is `bash`, but some users report that only `sh` is available.
 ;SCRIPT_TYPE = bash
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
 ;ENABLED = true
 ;;
 ;; Path for uploads. Defaults to `data/tmp/uploads` (content gets deleted on gitea restart)
-;TEMP_PATH = data/tmp/uploads
+TEMP_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data/tmp/uploads
 ;;
 ;; Comma-separated list of allowed file extensions (`.zip`), mime types (`text/plain`) or wildcard type (`image/*`, `audio/*`, `video/*`). Empty value or `*/*` allows all types.
 ;ALLOWED_TYPES =
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@
 ;ISSUE_INDEXER_TYPE = bleve
 ;;
 ;; Issue indexer storage path, available when ISSUE_INDEXER_TYPE is bleve
-;ISSUE_INDEXER_PATH = indexers/issues.bleve ; Relative paths will be made absolute against _`AppWorkPath`_.
+ISSUE_INDEXER_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/indexers/issues.bleve
 ;;
 ;; Issue indexer connection string, available when ISSUE_INDEXER_TYPE is elasticsearch (e.g. http://elastic:password@localhost:9200) or meilisearch (e.g. http://:apikey@localhost:7700)
 ;ISSUE_INDEXER_CONN_STR =
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 ;REPO_INDEXER_TYPE = bleve
 ;;
 ;; Index file used for code search. available when `REPO_INDEXER_TYPE` is bleve
-;REPO_INDEXER_PATH = indexers/repos.bleve
+REPO_INDEXER_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/indexers.bleve
 ;;
 ;; Code indexer connection string, available when `REPO_INDEXER_TYPE` is elasticsearch. i.e. http://elastic:changeme@localhost:9200
 ;REPO_INDEXER_CONN_STR =
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 ;TYPE = persistable-channel
 ;;
 ;; data-dir for storing persistable queues and level queues, individual queues will default to `queues/common` meaning the queue is shared.
-;DATADIR = queues/ ; Relative paths will be made absolute against `%(APP_DATA_PATH)s`.
+DATADIR = /var/lib/forgejo/queues
 ;;
 ;; Default queue length before a channel queue will block
 ;LENGTH = 100000
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@
 ;; file: session file path, e.g. `data/sessions`
 ;; redis: `redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s` (or `redis+cluster://127.0.0.1:6379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s` for a Redis cluster)
 ;; mysql: go-sql-driver/mysql dsn config string, e.g. `root:password@/session_table`
-;PROVIDER_CONFIG = data/sessions ; Relative paths will be made absolute against _`AppWorkPath`_.
+PROVIDER_CONFIG = /var/lib/forgejo/data/sessions
 ;;
 ;; Session cookie name
 ;COOKIE_NAME = i_like_gitea
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@
 ;;
 ;; Path for attachments. Defaults to `attachments`. Only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `local`
 ;; Relative paths will be resolved to `${AppDataPath}/${attachment.PATH}`
-;PATH = attachments
+PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data/attachments
 ;;
 ;; Minio endpoint to connect only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `minio`
 ;MINIO_ENDPOINT = localhost:9000
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@
 ;MINIO_LOCATION = us-east-1
 ;;
 ;; Minio base path on the bucket only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `minio`
-;MINIO_BASE_PATH = attachments/
+;MINIO_BASE_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/attachments/
 ;;
 ;; Minio enabled ssl only available when STORAGE_TYPE is `minio`
 ;MINIO_USE_SSL = false
@@ -2568,10 +2568,10 @@
 ;;
 ;STORAGE_TYPE = local
 ;; override the minio base path if storage type is minio
-;MINIO_BASE_PATH = packages/
+;MINIO_BASE_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/packages/
 ;;
 ;; Path for chunked uploads. Defaults to APP_DATA_PATH + `tmp/package-upload`
-;CHUNKED_UPLOAD_PATH = tmp/package-upload
+;CHUNKED_UPLOAD_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/tmp/package-upload
 ;;
 ;; Maximum count of package versions a single owner can have (`-1` means no limits)
 ;LIMIT_TOTAL_OWNER_COUNT = -1
@@ -2640,10 +2640,10 @@
 ;STORAGE_TYPE = local
 ;;
 ;; Where your lfs files reside, default is data/lfs.
-;PATH = data/repo-archive
+;PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data/repo-archive
 ;;
 ;; override the minio base path if storage type is minio
-;MINIO_BASE_PATH = repo-archive/
+;MINIO_BASE_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/repo-archive/
 
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 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@@ -2663,10 +2663,10 @@
 ;STORAGE_TYPE = local
 ;;
 ;; Where your lfs files reside, default is data/lfs.
-;PATH = data/lfs
+;PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/data/lfs
 ;;
 ;; override the minio base path if storage type is minio
-;MINIO_BASE_PATH = lfs/
+;MINIO_BASE_PATH = /var/lib/forgejo/lfs/
 
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