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1git-instaweb(1)
2===============
3
4NAME
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c3f0baac 6git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
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8SYNOPSIS
9--------
97925fde 10[verse]
b1889c36 11'git instaweb' [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>]
97925fde 12 [--browser=<browser>]
b1889c36 13'git instaweb' [--start] [--stop] [--restart]
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14
15DESCRIPTION
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17A simple script to setup gitweb and a web server for browsing the local
18repository.
19
20OPTIONS
21-------
22
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23-l::
24--local::
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25 Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
26
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27-d::
28--httpd::
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29 The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed.
30 Command-line options may be specified here, and the
31 configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line.
425b78e8 32 Currently lighttpd, apache2 and webrick are supported.
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33 (Default: lighttpd)
34
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35-m::
36--module-path::
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37 The module path (only needed if httpd is Apache).
38 (Default: /usr/lib/apache2/modules)
39
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40-p::
41--port::
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42 The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)
43
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44-b::
45--browser::
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46 The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb
47 page. This will be passed to the 'git-web--browse' helper
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48 script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See
49 linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. If
50 the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.
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52--start::
53 Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
54 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
55
56--stop::
57 Stop the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
58 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance,
59 nor does it close the browser.
60
61--restart::
62 Restart the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
63 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
64
65CONFIGURATION
66-------------
67
68You may specify configuration in your .git/config
69
70-----------------------------------------------------------------------
71[instaweb]
72 local = true
73 httpd = apache2 -f
74 port = 4321
75 browser = konqueror
76 modulepath = /usr/lib/apache2/modules
77
78-----------------------------------------------------------------------
79
c07a07c5 80If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set,
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81'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. See
82linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this.
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84Author
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86Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
87
88Documentation
89--------------
90Documentation by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
91
92GIT
93---
9e1f0a85 94Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite