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+GIT web Interface
+=================
+
+From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git.
+
+
+Build time gitweb configuration
+-------------------------------
+There are many configuration variables which affect building gitweb (among
+others creating gitweb.cgi out of gitweb.perl by replacing placeholders such
+as `++GIT_BINDIR++` by their build-time values).
+
+Building and installing gitweb is described in gitweb's INSTALL file
+(in 'gitweb/INSTALL').
+
+
+Runtime gitweb configuration
+----------------------------
+Gitweb obtains configuration data from the following sources in the
+following order:
+
+1. built-in values (some set during build stage),
+2. common system-wide configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON`,
+   defaults to '/etc/gitweb-common.conf'),
+3. either per-instance configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG`, defaults to
+   'gitweb_config.perl' in the same directory as the installed gitweb),
+   or if it does not exists then system-wide configuration file
+   (`GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM`, defaults to '/etc/gitweb.conf').
+
+Values obtained in later configuration files override values obtained earlier
+in above sequence.
+
+You can read defaults in system-wide GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM from GITWEB_CONFIG
+by adding
+
+  read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM);
+
+at very beginning of per-instance GITWEB_CONFIG file.  In this case
+settings in said per-instance file will override settings from
+system-wide configuration file.  Note that read_config_file checks
+itself that the $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM file exists.
+
+The most notable thing that is not configurable at compile time are the
+optional features, stored in the '%features' variable.
+
+Ultimate description on how to reconfigure the default features setting
+in your `GITWEB_CONFIG` or per-project in `project.git/config` can be found
+as comments inside 'gitweb.cgi'.
+
+See also gitweb.conf(5) manpage.
+
+
+Web server configuration
+------------------------
+Gitweb can be run as CGI script, as legacy mod_perl application (using
+ModPerl::Registry), and as FastCGI script.  You can find some simple examples
+in "Example web server configuration" section in INSTALL file for gitweb (in
+gitweb/INSTALL).
+
+See "Webserver configuration" and "Advanced web server setup" sections in
+gitweb(1) manpage.
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Originally written by:
+  Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+
+Any comment/question/concern to:
+  Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>