git/gitweb
Junio C Hamano 48e88a4862 Merge branch 'ab/build-gitweb'
Teach "make all" to build gitweb as well.

* ab/build-gitweb:
  gitweb/Makefile: add a "NO_GITWEB" parameter
  Makefile: build 'gitweb' in the default target
  gitweb/Makefile: include in top-level Makefile
  gitweb: remove "test" and "test-installed" targets
  gitweb/Makefile: prepare to merge into top-level Makefile
  gitweb/Makefile: clear up and de-duplicate the gitweb.{css,js} vars
  gitweb/Makefile: add a $(GITWEB_ALL) variable
  gitweb/Makefile: define all .PHONY prerequisites inline
2022-07-18 13:31:55 -07:00
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static gitweb: correctly store previous rev in javascript-actions mode 2019-10-28 11:06:57 +09:00
gitweb.perl gitweb: switch to an XHTML5 DOCTYPE 2022-06-02 11:51:15 -07:00
INSTALL gitweb: hard-depend on the Digest::MD5 5.8 module 2018-03-05 10:52:27 -08:00
Makefile gitweb/Makefile: add a "NO_GITWEB" parameter 2022-06-28 13:20:05 -07:00
README gitweb/README: remove reference to git.kernel.org 2013-03-07 11:38:33 -08:00

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>