gitweb/README

   1 GIT web Interface
   2 =================
   3
   4 From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git.
   5
   6
   7 Build time gitweb configuration
   8 -------------------------------
   9 There are many configuration variables which affect building gitweb (among
  10 others creating gitweb.cgi out of gitweb.perl by replacing placeholders such
  11 as `++GIT_BINDIR++` by their build-time values).
  12
  13 Building and installing gitweb is described in gitweb's INSTALL file
  14 (in 'gitweb/INSTALL').
  15
  16
  17 Runtime gitweb configuration
  18 ----------------------------
  19 Gitweb obtains configuration data from the following sources in the
  20 following order:
  21
  22 1. built-in values (some set during build stage),
  23 2. common system-wide configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON`,
  24    defaults to '/etc/gitweb-common.conf'),
  25 3. either per-instance configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG`, defaults to
  26    'gitweb_config.perl' in the same directory as the installed gitweb),
  27    or if it does not exists then system-wide configuration file
  28    (`GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM`, defaults to '/etc/gitweb.conf').
  29
  30 Values obtained in later configuration files override values obtained earlier
  31 in above sequence.
  32
  33 You can read defaults in system-wide GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM from GITWEB_CONFIG
  34 by adding
  35
  36   read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM);
  37
  38 at very beginning of per-instance GITWEB_CONFIG file.  In this case
  39 settings in said per-instance file will override settings from
  40 system-wide configuration file.  Note that read_config_file checks
  41 itself that the $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM file exists.
  42
  43 The most notable thing that is not configurable at compile time are the
  44 optional features, stored in the '%features' variable.
  45
  46 Ultimate description on how to reconfigure the default features setting
  47 in your `GITWEB_CONFIG` or per-project in `project.git/config` can be found
  48 as comments inside 'gitweb.cgi'.
  49
  50 See also gitweb.conf(5) manpage.
  51
  52
  53 Web server configuration
  54 ------------------------
  55 Gitweb can be run as CGI script, as legacy mod_perl application (using
  56 ModPerl::Registry), and as FastCGI script.  You can find some simple examples
  57 in "Example web server configuration" section in INSTALL file for gitweb (in
  58 gitweb/INSTALL).
  59
  60 See "Webserver configuration" and "Advanced web server setup" sections in
  61 gitweb(1) manpage.
  62
  63
  64 AUTHORS
  65 -------
  66 Originally written by:
  67   Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
  68
  69 Any comment/question/concern to:
  70   Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>