git/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
Mike Dalessio 425b78e886 instaweb: support for Ruby's WEBrick server
running the webrick server with git requires Ruby and Ruby's YAML and
Webrick libraries (both of which come standard with Ruby). nice for
single-user standalone invocations.

the --httpd=webrick option generates a ruby script on the fly to read
httpd.conf options and invoke the web server via library call. this
script is placed in the .git/gitweb directory. it also generates a
shell script in a feeble attempt to invoke ruby in a portable manner,
which assumes that 'ruby' is in the user's $PATH.

Signed-off-by: Mike Dalessio <mike@csa.net>
Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2007-10-15 21:36:19 -04:00

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git-instaweb(1)
===============
NAME
----
git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-instaweb' [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>]
[--browser=<browser>]
'git-instaweb' [--start] [--stop] [--restart]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
A simple script to setup gitweb and a web server for browsing the local
repository.
OPTIONS
-------
-l|--local::
Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
-d|--httpd::
The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed.
Command-line options may be specified here, and the
configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line.
Currently lighttpd, apache2 and webrick are supported.
(Default: lighttpd)
-m|--module-path::
The module path (only needed if httpd is Apache).
(Default: /usr/lib/apache2/modules)
-p|--port::
The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)
-b|--browser::
The web browser command-line to execute to view the gitweb page.
If blank, the URL of the gitweb instance will be printed to
stdout. (Default: 'firefox')
--start::
Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
--stop::
Stop the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance,
nor does it close the browser.
--restart::
Restart the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
You may specify configuration in your .git/config
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[instaweb]
local = true
httpd = apache2 -f
port = 4321
browser = konqueror
modulepath = /usr/lib/apache2/modules
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Author
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Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite