From f09187f74988d8451ee8348c1aef6a394c2ac998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: allan <allan@xfiles.dk>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:32:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] minor readability changes

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 README.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b6cbb1..7e0ec68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,17 +117,35 @@ That step:
 
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-## File Layout
+## File Layout (auto-increment per instance)
+
+When first installed, paths look like this:
+
+**Instance 1**
 
 | Path | Purpose |
 |---|---|
-| `/etc/giteaX/app.ini` | Main config file |
-| `/etc/giteaX/gitea-postinstall` | Postinstall script for finalizing instance |
-| `/var/lib/giteaX/` | Data, repos, indexers, logs |
-| `/var/lib/giteaX/custom/templates/` | Custom UI override templates |
-| `/var/lib/giteaX/custom/public/assets/img/` | Logos + branding |
-| `/var/lib/giteaX/custom/public/` | robots.txt + sitemap.xml (optional, if created) |
-| `/usr/local/bin/gitea` | Shared Gitea binary |
+| `/etc/gitea1/app.ini` | Main config file |
+| `/etc/gitea1/gitea-postinstall` | Postinstall script |
+| `/var/lib/gitea1/` | Data, repos, indexers, logs |
+| `/var/lib/gitea1/custom/templates/` | UI overrides |
+| `/var/lib/gitea1/custom/public/assets/img/` | Logos + branding |
+| `/var/lib/gitea1/custom/public/` | robots + sitemap *(optional)* |
+| `/usr/local/bin/gitea` | Shared binary |
+
+**Instance 2 (identical structure, next number auto-assigned)**
+
+| Path | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `/etc/gitea2/app.ini` | Main config file |
+| `/etc/gitea2/gitea-postinstall` | Postinstall script |
+| `/var/lib/gitea2/` | Data, repos, indexers, logs |
+| `/var/lib/gitea2/custom/templates/` | UI overrides |
+| `/var/lib/gitea2/custom/public/assets/img/` | Logos + branding |
+| `/var/lib/gitea2/custom/public/` | robots + sitemap *(optional)* |
+| `/usr/local/bin/gitea` | Shared binary |
+
+> Every new install increments automatically (`gitea3`, `gitea4`, `gitea5`…)
 
 > Important (but optional):
 > `robots.txt` and `sitemap.xml` are supported automatically by the Nginx configuration being created,