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diff --git a/third_party/git/gitweb/README b/third_party/git/gitweb/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..471dcfb691bb --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/git/gitweb/README @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +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> |