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1git-instaweb(1)
2===============
3
4NAME
5----
c3f0baac 6git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
11'git-instaweb' [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>]
12 [--browser=<browser>]
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13'git-instaweb' [--start] [--stop] [--restart]
14
15DESCRIPTION
16-----------
17A simple script to setup gitweb and a web server for browsing the local
18repository.
19
20OPTIONS
21-------
22
23-l|--local::
24 Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
25
26-d|--httpd::
27 The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed.
28 Command-line options may be specified here, and the
29 configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line.
425b78e8 30 Currently lighttpd, apache2 and webrick are supported.
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31 (Default: lighttpd)
32
33-m|--module-path::
34 The module path (only needed if httpd is Apache).
35 (Default: /usr/lib/apache2/modules)
36
37-p|--port::
38 The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)
39
40-b|--browser::
41
42 The web browser command-line to execute to view the gitweb page.
43 If blank, the URL of the gitweb instance will be printed to
44 stdout. (Default: 'firefox')
45
46--start::
47 Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
48 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
49
50--stop::
51 Stop the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
52 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance,
53 nor does it close the browser.
54
55--restart::
56 Restart the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
57 any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
58
59CONFIGURATION
60-------------
61
62You may specify configuration in your .git/config
63
64-----------------------------------------------------------------------
65[instaweb]
66 local = true
67 httpd = apache2 -f
68 port = 4321
69 browser = konqueror
70 modulepath = /usr/lib/apache2/modules
71
72-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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74If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set,
75'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined.
76
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77Author
78------
79Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
80
81Documentation
82--------------
83Documentation by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
84
85GIT
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5162e697 87Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite