From 325534a7d0c6f6e248a68d4cd3097323e061ac0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E2=98=99=E2=97=A6=20The=20Tablet=20=E2=9D=80=20GamerGirla?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ndCo=20=E2=97=A6=E2=9D=A7?= <i.am.the.tablet@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:33:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] clarify in README that replication is required for
 autoincrementing IDs

---
 README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 523d89d..bbde9fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ package tutorial
 import "rockfic.com/orm"
 ```
 
+## Convert your database to a replica set (if you haven't already)
+
+this is **very important!!** otherwise, functionality like
+auto-incrementing IDs will not be available.
+
+add these lines to `mongod.conf`:
+
+```
+replication:
+    replSetName: "rs0"
+```
+
+of course, you can replace `rs0` with whatever name you want.
+
 ## Connect to the database
 
 ```go