git/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
Arti Zirk 2eb14bb2d4 git-instaweb: add Python builtin http.server support
With this patch it is possible to launch git-instaweb by using
Python http.server CGI handler via `-d python` option.

git-instaweb generates a small wrapper around the http.server
(in GIT_DIR/gitweb/) that address a limitation of the CGI handler
where CGI scripts have to be in a cgi-bin subdirectory and
directory index can't be easily changed. To keep the implementation
small, gitweb is running on url `/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi` and an automatic
redirection is done when opening `/`.

The generated wrapper is compatible with both Python 2 and 3.

Python is by default installed on most modern Linux distributions
which enables running `git instaweb -d python` without needing
anything else.

Signed-off-by: Arti Zirk <arti.zirk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-01-28 10:57:44 -08:00

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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 set up `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 apache2, lighttpd, mongoose, plackup, python 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 that should be used to view the gitweb
page. This will be passed to the 'git web{litdd}browse' helper
script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See
linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this. If
the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.
start::
--start::
Start the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files
as necessary for spawning a new instance.
stop::
--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::
Restart the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files
as necessary 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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
If the configuration variable `instaweb.browser` is not set,
`web.browser` will be used instead if it is defined. See
linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitweb[1]
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite