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+:man source:   cgit
+:man manual:   cgit
+
+CGITRC(5)
+========
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git
+repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank
+lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
+
+
+LOCATION
+--------
+The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At
+runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if
+defined, use its value instead.
+
+
+GLOBAL SETTINGS
+---------------
+about-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the content of
+	about pages (both top-level and for each repository). The command will
+	get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, the name of the file
+	as the first argument, and the STDOUT from the command will be
+	included verbatim on the about page. Default value: none. See
+	also: "FILTER API".
+
+agefile::
+	Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used
+	to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository.
+	The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date"
+	function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd
+	hh:mm:ss". You may want to generate this file from a post-receive
+	hook. Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
+
+auth-filter::
+	Specifies a command that will be invoked for authenticating repository
+	access. Receives quite a few arguments, and data on both stdin and
+	stdout for authentication processing. Details follow later in this
+	document. If no auth-filter is specified, no authentication is
+	performed. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API".
+
+branch-sort::
+	Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
+	list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
+	value: "name".
+
+cache-about-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of the repository about page. See also: "CACHE". Default
+	value: "15".
+
+cache-dynamic-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. See also:
+	"CACHE". Default value: "5".
+
+cache-repo-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of the repository summary page. See also: "CACHE". Default
+	value: "5".
+
+cache-root::
+	Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
+	"/var/cache/cgit". See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+cache-root-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of the repository index page. See also: "CACHE". Default
+	value: "5".
+
+cache-scanrc-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
+	of scanning a path for git repositories. See also: "CACHE". Default
+	value: "15".
+
+case-sensitive-sort::
+	Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1".
+	See also: repository-sort, section-sort.
+
+cache-size::
+	The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. When set to "0",
+	caching is disabled. See also: "CACHE". Default value: "0"
+
+cache-snapshot-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of snapshots. See also: "CACHE". Default value: "5".
+
+cache-static-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
+	version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. See also:
+	"CACHE". Default value: -1".
+
+clone-prefix::
+	Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
+	repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
+	setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
+	none.
+
+clone-url::
+	Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
+	used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
+	also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
+
+commit-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
+	The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
+	command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
+	be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
+	See also: "FILTER API".
+
+commit-sort::
+	Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
+	commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
+	ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
+	value: unset.
+
+css::
+	Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
+	Default value: "/cgit.css".
+
+email-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format names and email
+	address of committers, authors, and taggers, as represented in various
+	places throughout the cgit interface. This command will receive an
+	email address and an origin page string as its command line arguments,
+	and the text to format on STDIN. It is to write the formatted text back
+	out onto STDOUT. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API".
+
+embedded::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
+	suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
+	also: "noheader".
+
+enable-blame::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to provide a "blame" page
+	for files, and will make it generate links to that page in appropriate
+	places. Default value: "0".
+
+enable-commit-graph::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
+	history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
+	log page. Default value: "0".
+
+enable-filter-overrides::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
+	overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
+
+enable-follow-links::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", allows users to follow a file in the log
+	view.  Default value: "0".
+
+enable-git-config::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to use git config to set
+	any repo specific settings. This option is used in conjunction with
+	"scan-path", and must be defined prior, to augment repo-specific
+	settings. The keys gitweb.owner, gitweb.category, gitweb.description,
+	and gitweb.homepage will map to the cgit keys repo.owner, repo.section,
+	repo.desc, and repo.homepage respectively. All git config keys that begin
+	with "cgit." will be mapped to the corresponding "repo." key in cgit.
+	Default value: "0". See also: scan-path, section-from-path.
+
+enable-http-clone::
+	If set to "1", cgit will act as a dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
+	You can add "http://$HTTP_HOST$SCRIPT_NAME/$CGIT_REPO_URL" to clone-url
+	to expose this feature. If you use an alternate way of serving git
+	repositories, you may wish to disable this. Default value: "1".
+
+enable-html-serving::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will allow the /plain handler to serve
+	mimetype headers that result in the file being treated as HTML by the
+	browser. When set to "0", such file types are returned instead as
+	text/plain or application/octet-stream. Default value: "0". See also:
+	"repo.enable-html-serving".
+
+enable-index-links::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
+	each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
+	"commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
+
+enable-index-owner::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display the owner of
+	each repo in the repository index. Default value: "1".
+
+enable-log-filecount::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
+	modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
+	value: "0".
+
+enable-log-linecount::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
+	and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
+	value: "0".
+
+enable-remote-branches::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
+	in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
+	"repo.enable-remote-branches".
+
+enable-subject-links::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
+	parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
+	in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
+	"repo.enable-subject-links".
+
+enable-tree-linenumbers::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
+	for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
+
+favicon::
+	Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. It is suggested to use
+	the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will ignore other
+	values. Default value: "/favicon.ico".
+
+footer::
+	The content of the file specified with this option will be included
+	verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
+	"generated by..." message. Default value: none.
+
+head-include::
+	The content of the file specified with this option will be included
+	verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
+
+header::
+	The content of the file specified with this option will be included
+	verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
+
+include::
+	Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
+	file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+local-time::
+	Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
+	servers timezone. Default value: "0".
+
+logo::
+	Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
+	on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
+
+logo-link::
+	Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
+	calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
+	value: none.
+
+max-atom-items::
+	Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
+	value: "10".
+
+max-blob-size::
+	Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
+	Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
+
+max-commit-count::
+	Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
+	value: "50".
+
+max-message-length::
+	Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
+	"log" view. Default value: "80".
+
+max-repo-count::
+	Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the	repository
+	index page. Default value: "50".
+
+max-repodesc-length::
+	Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
+	on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
+
+max-stats::
+	Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
+	"month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
+	disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
+
+mimetype.<ext>::
+	Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
+	by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
+
+mimetype-file::
+	Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
+	then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
+	found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
+	to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. The format of the file must
+	comply to:
+	- a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
+	  optionally preceded by whitespace
+	- a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
+	  by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
+	Default value: none. See also: "mimetype.<ext>".
+
+module-link::
+	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
+	submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
+	formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
+	value: none.
+
+noplainemail::
+	If set to "1" showing full author email addresses will be disabled.
+	Default value: "0".
+
+noheader::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
+	on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
+
+owner-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the Owner
+	column of the main page.  The command will get the owner on STDIN,
+	and the STDOUT from the command will be included verbatim in the
+	table.  This can be used to link to additional context such as an
+	owners home page.  When active this filter is used instead of the
+	default owner query url.  Default value: none.
+	See also: "FILTER API".
+
+project-list::
+	A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
+	should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
+	scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
+	EXPANSION".
+
+readme::
+	Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Multiple
+	config keys may be specified, and cgit will use the first found file
+	in this list. This is useful in conjunction with scan-path. Default
+	value: none. See also: scan-path, repo.readme.
+
+remove-suffix::
+	If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
+	with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
+	name. This must be defined prior to scan-path. Default value: "0".
+	See also: scan-path.
+
+renamelimit::
+	Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
+	 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
+	  `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
+
+repository-sort::
+	The way in which repositories in each section are sorted. Valid values
+	are "name" for sorting by the repo name or "age" for sorting by the
+	most recently updated repository. Default value: "name". See also:
+	section, case-sensitive-sort, section-sort.
+
+robots::
+	Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
+	"index, nofollow".
+
+root-desc::
+	Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
+	value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
+
+root-readme::
+	The content of the file specified with this option will be included
+	verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
+	value: none.
+
+root-title::
+	Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
+	"Git Repository Browser".
+
+scan-hidden-path::
+	If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
+	directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
+	scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
+	"hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
+	non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
+	Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
+
+scan-path::
+	A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
+	the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
+	directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
+	scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
+	project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
+	before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
+	Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
+	"MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+section::
+	The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
+	after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
+	none.
+
+section-sort::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will sort the sections on the repository
+	listing by name. Set this flag to "0" if the order in the cgitrc file should
+	be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section,
+	case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort.
+
+section-from-path::
+	A number which, if defined prior to scan-path, specifies how many
+	path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
+	If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
+	above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
+
+side-by-side-diffs::
+	If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
+	default. Default value: "0".
+
+snapshots::
+	Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats that cgit
+	generates links for. The value is a space-separated list of zero or
+	more of the values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip".
+	The special value "all" enables all snapshot formats.
+	Default value: none.
+
+source-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
+	in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
+	and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
+	from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
+	this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
+	none. See also: "FILTER API".
+
+summary-branches::
+	Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
+	view. Default value: "10".
+
+summary-log::
+	Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
+	"summary" view. Default value: "10".
+
+summary-tags::
+	Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
+	view. Default value: "10".
+
+strict-export::
+	Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
+	for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
+	gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
+	repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option must
+	be defined prior to scan-path.
+
+virtual-root::
+	Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
+	will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
+	'/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
+	value: none.
+	NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
+	same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
+
+
+REPOSITORY SETTINGS
+-------------------
+repo.about-filter::
+	Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
+repo.branch-sort::
+	Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
+	list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
+	value: "name".
+
+repo.clone-url::
+	A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
+	Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+repo.commit-filter::
+	Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
+repo.commit-sort::
+	Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
+	commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
+	ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
+	value: unset.
+
+repo.defbranch::
+	The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
+	exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
+	as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
+	"master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
+
+repo.desc::
+	The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
+
+repo.email-filter::
+	Override the default email-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
+repo.enable-blame::
+	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
+	`enable-blame'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.enable-commit-graph::
+	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
+	`enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.enable-html-serving::
+	A flag which can be used to override the global setting
+	`enable-html-serving`. Default value: none.
+
+repo.enable-log-filecount::
+	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
+	`enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.enable-log-linecount::
+	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
+	`enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.enable-remote-branches::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
+	in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
+
+repo.enable-subject-links::
+	A flag which can be used to override the global setting
+	`enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.extra-head-content::
+	This value will be added verbatim to the head section of each page
+	displayed for this repo. Default value: none.
+
+repo.hide::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", hides the repository from the repository
+	index. The repository can still be accessed by providing a direct path.
+	Default value: "0". See also: "repo.ignore".
+
+repo.homepage::
+	The value to show as repository homepage. Default value: none.
+
+repo.ignore::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", ignores the repository. The repository
+	is not shown in the index and cannot be accessed by providing a direct
+	path. Default value: "0". See also: "repo.hide".
+
+repo.logo::
+	Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
+	on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
+
+repo.logo-link::
+	Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
+	calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
+	value: global logo-link.
+
+repo.module-link::
+	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
+	submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
+	formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
+	value: <module-link>
+
+repo.module-link.<path>::
+	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
+	submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
+	directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
+	of the submodule commit. Default value: none.
+
+repo.max-stats::
+	Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
+	to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
+	value: none.
+
+repo.name::
+	The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
+
+repo.owner::
+	A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
+	none.
+
+repo.owner-filter::
+	Override the default owner-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
+repo.path::
+	An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
+	this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
+
+repo.readme::
+	A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
+	verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
+	git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
+	a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd". If the value begins
+	with a colon, i.e. ":docs/readme.rst", the default branch of the
+	repository will be used. Sharing any file will expose that entire
+	directory tree to the "/about/PATH" endpoints, so be sure that there
+	are no non-public files located in the same directory as the readme
+	file. Default value: <readme>.
+
+repo.section::
+	Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
+	none.
+
+repo.snapshots::
+	A mask of snapshot formats for this repo that cgit generates links for,
+	restricted by the global "snapshots" setting. Default value:
+	<snapshots>.
+
+repo.snapshot-prefix::
+	Prefix to use for snapshot links instead of the repository basename.
+	For example, the "linux-stable" repository may wish to set this to
+	"linux" so that snapshots are in the format "linux-3.15.4" instead
+	of "linux-stable-3.15.4".  Default value: <empty> meaning to use
+	the repository basename.
+
+repo.source-filter::
+	Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
+repo.url::
+	The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
+	setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
+
+
+REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
+-------------------------------
+When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
+will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
+repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
+described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
+options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
+"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
+
+Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
+config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
+
+
+FILTER API
+----------
+By default, filters are separate processes that are executed each time they
+are needed.  Alternative technologies may be used by prefixing the filter
+specification with the relevant string; available values are:
+
+'exec:'::
+	The default "one process per filter" mode.
+
+'lua:'::
+	Executes the script using a built-in Lua interpreter. The script is
+	loaded once per execution of cgit, and may be called multiple times
+	during cgit's lifetime, making it a good choice for repeated filters
+	such as the 'email filter'. It responds to three functions:
+
+	'filter_open(argument1, argument2, argument3, ...)'::
+		This is called upon activation of the filter for a particular
+		set of data.
+	'filter_write(buffer)'::
+		This is called whenever cgit writes data to the webpage.
+	'filter_close()'::
+		This is called when the current filtering operation is
+		completed. It must return an integer value. Usually 0
+		indicates success.
+
+	Additionally, cgit exposes to the Lua the following built-in functions:
+
+	'html(str)'::
+		Writes 'str' to the webpage.
+	'html_txt(str)'::
+		HTML escapes and writes 'str' to the webpage.
+	'html_attr(str)'::
+		HTML escapes for an attribute and writes "str' to the webpage.
+	'html_url_path(str)'::
+		URL escapes for a path and writes 'str' to the webpage.
+	'html_url_arg(str)'::
+		URL escapes for an argument and writes 'str' to the webpage.
+	'html_include(file)'::
+		Includes 'file' in webpage.
+
+
+Parameters are provided to filters as follows.
+
+about filter::
+	This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
+	file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
+	example) the type of syntax to follow when formatting the readme file.
+	The about text that is to be filtered is available on standard input
+	and the filtered text is expected on standard output.
+
+auth filter::
+	The authentication filter receives 12 parameters:
+	  - filter action, explained below, which specifies which action the
+	    filter is called for
+	  - http cookie
+	  - http method
+	  - http referer
+	  - http path
+	  - http https flag
+	  - cgit repo
+	  - cgit page
+	  - cgit url
+	  - cgit login url
+	When the filter action is "body", this filter must write to output the
+	HTML for displaying the login form, which POSTs to the login url. When
+	the filter action is "authenticate-cookie", this filter must validate
+	the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid,
+	in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is
+	"authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on
+	standard input, and should write a complete CGI response, preferably
+	with a 302 redirect, and write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
+	HTTP headers, each followed by a newline.
+
+	Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example
+	script that may be modified.
+
+commit filter::
+	This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
+	be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
+	expected on standard output.
+
+email filter::
+	This filter is given two parameters: the email address of the relevant
+	author and a string indicating the originating page. The filter will
+	then receive the text string to format on standard input and is
+	expected to write to standard output the formatted text to be included
+	in the page.
+
+owner filter::
+	This filter is given no arguments.  The owner text is available on
+	standard input and the filter is expected to write to standard
+	output.  The output is included in the Owner column.
+
+source filter::
+	This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
+	file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
+	example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
+	file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
+	filtered contents is expected on standard output.
+
+
+All filters are handed the following environment variables:
+
+- CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
+- CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
+- CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
+- CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
+- CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
+- CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
+- CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
+
+If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
+setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
+environment variable will be unset.
+
+
+MACRO EXPANSION
+---------------
+The following cgitrc options support a simple macro expansion feature,
+where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similarly
+named environment variable:
+
+- cache-root
+- include
+- project-list
+- scan-path
+
+Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
+defined.
+
+One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
+can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
+
+	include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
+
+The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
+the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
+
+- clone-url
+- repo.clone-url
+
+
+CACHE
+-----
+
+All cache ttl values are in minutes. Negative ttl values indicate that a page
+type will never expire, and thus the first time a URL is accessed, the result
+will be cached indefinitely, even if the underlying git repository changes.
+Conversely, when a ttl value is zero, the cache is disabled for that
+particular page type, and the page type is never cached.
+
+SIGNATURES
+----------
+
+Cgit can host .asc signatures corresponding to various snapshot formats,
+through use of git notes. For example, the following command may be used to
+add a signature to a .tar.xz archive:
+
+    git notes --ref=refs/notes/signatures/tar.xz add -C "$(
+	gpg --output - --armor --detach-sign cgit-1.1.tar.xz |
+	git hash-object -w --stdin
+    )" v1.1
+
+If it is instead desirable to attach a signature of the underlying .tar, this
+will be linked, as a special case, beside a .tar.* link that does not have its
+own signature. For example, a signature of a tarball of the latest tag might
+be added with a similar command:
+
+    tag="$(git describe --abbrev=0)"
+    git notes --ref=refs/notes/signatures/tar add -C "$(
+        git archive --format tar --prefix "cgit-${tag#v}/" "$tag" |
+        gpg --output - --armor --detach-sign |
+        git hash-object -w --stdin
+    )" "$tag"
+
+Since git-archive(1) is expected to produce stable output between versions,
+this allows one to generate a long-term signature of the contents of a given
+tag.
+
+EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
+-------------------
+
+....
+# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entries
+cache-size=1000
+
+
+# Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
+clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
+
+# Specify the css url
+css=/css/cgit.css
+
+
+# Show owner on index page
+enable-index-owner=1
+
+
+# Allow http transport git clone
+enable-http-clone=1
+
+
+# Show extra links for each repository on the index page
+enable-index-links=1
+
+
+# Enable blame page and create links to it from tree page
+enable-blame=1
+
+
+# Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
+enable-commit-graph=1
+
+
+# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
+enable-log-filecount=1
+
+
+# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
+enable-log-linecount=1
+
+
+# Sort branches by date
+branch-sort=age
+
+
+# Add a cgit favicon
+favicon=/favicon.ico
+
+
+# Use a custom logo
+logo=/img/mylogo.png
+
+
+# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
+max-stats=quarter
+
+
+# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
+root-title=example.com git repositories
+
+
+# Set a subheading for the repository index page
+root-desc=tracking the foobar development
+
+
+# Include some more info about example.com on the index page
+root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
+
+
+# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
+snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
+
+
+##
+## List of common mimetypes
+##
+
+mimetype.gif=image/gif
+mimetype.html=text/html
+mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
+mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
+mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
+mimetype.png=image/png
+mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
+
+
+# Highlight source code with python pygments-based highlighter
+source-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.py
+
+# Format markdown, restructuredtext, manpages, text files, and html files
+# through the right converters
+about-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/about-formatting.sh
+
+##
+## Search for these files in the root of the default branch of repositories
+## for coming up with the about page:
+##
+readme=:README.md
+readme=:readme.md
+readme=:README.mkd
+readme=:readme.mkd
+readme=:README.rst
+readme=:readme.rst
+readme=:README.html
+readme=:readme.html
+readme=:README.htm
+readme=:readme.htm
+readme=:README.txt
+readme=:readme.txt
+readme=:README
+readme=:readme
+readme=:INSTALL.md
+readme=:install.md
+readme=:INSTALL.mkd
+readme=:install.mkd
+readme=:INSTALL.rst
+readme=:install.rst
+readme=:INSTALL.html
+readme=:install.html
+readme=:INSTALL.htm
+readme=:install.htm
+readme=:INSTALL.txt
+readme=:install.txt
+readme=:INSTALL
+readme=:install
+
+
+##
+## List of repositories.
+## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
+##     displayed under a section heading
+## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
+##      and included like this:
+##        include=/etc/cgitrepos
+##
+
+
+repo.url=foo
+repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
+repo.desc=the master foo repository
+repo.owner=fooman@example.com
+repo.readme=info/web/about.html
+
+
+repo.url=bar
+repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
+repo.desc=the bars for your foo
+repo.owner=barman@example.com
+repo.readme=info/web/about.html
+
+
+# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
+section=extras
+
+
+repo.url=baz
+repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
+repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
+
+repo.url=wiz
+repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
+repo.desc=the wizard of foo
+
+
+# Add some mirrored repositories
+section=mirrors
+
+
+repo.url=git
+repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
+repo.desc=the dscm
+
+
+repo.url=linux
+repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
+repo.desc=the kernel
+
+# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
+repo.snapshots=0
+
+# Disable line-counts for this repo
+repo.enable-log-linecount=0
+
+# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
+repo.max-stats=month
+....
+
+
+BUGS
+----
+Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
+will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
+
+	robots=index  # allow indexing
+
+will generate the following html element:
+
+	<meta name='robots' content='index  # allow indexing'/>
+
+
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
+Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>