From: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 14:59:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs: Remove references to UID, GID env
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docs: Remove references to UID, GID env

These were recently removed.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ebde1f36..5c83af13 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -79,26 +79,18 @@ Development Installation
 `Docker`_ is the recommended installation method for a Patchwork development
 environment. To install Patchwork:
 
-1. Install `Docker`_ and `docker-compose`_.
+#. Install `Docker`_ and `docker-compose`_.
 
-2. Clone the Patchwork repo::
+#. Clone the Patchwork repo::
 
        $ git clone https://github.com/getpatchwork/patchwork.git
 
-3. (Optional) Create a ``.env`` file in the root directory of the project and
-   store your ``UID`` and ``GID`` attributes there::
-
-       $ cd patchwork && printf "UID=$(id -u)\nGID=$(id -g)\n" > .env
-
-   This should only be necessary if you have a ``UID`` or ``GID`` other than
-   ``1000``.
-
-4. Build the images. This will download a number of packages from the internet,
+#. Build the images. This will download a number of packages from the internet,
    and compile several versions of Python::
 
        $ docker-compose build
 
-5. Run `docker-compose up`::
+#. Run `docker-compose up`::
 
        $ docker-compose up
 
diff --git a/docs/development/installation.rst b/docs/development/installation.rst
index 521df51e..3966762f 100644
--- a/docs/development/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/development/installation.rst
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ configure Patchwork using Docker:
 
       Mac users might need to enable Rosetta emulation in the docker engine.
 
-#. (Optional) Create a ``.env`` file in the root directory of the project and
-   store your ``UID`` and ``GID`` attribute there.
-
-   .. code-block:: shell
-
-      $ echo "UID=$UID" > .env
-      $ echo "GID=`id -g`" >> .env
-
-   This should only be necessary if you have a ``UID`` or ``GID`` other than
-   ``1000``. For more information on why this is necessary, refer to this
-   `docker-compose issue`__.
-
-   __ https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/2380
-
 #. Build the images. This will download over 200MB from the internet:
 
    .. code-block:: shell