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| author |  Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@develooper.com> | 2008-06-07 00:19:26 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-06-08 13:46:37 -0700 |
| commit | 55f409a826cbd574333dbc91d6f7e1e9888d696d (patch) | |
| tree | 2c8768baaeb0cfe62d0a81b6a093139bc6a331c0 /gitweb/README | |
| parent | git-commit.txt: Correct option alternatives (diff) | |
| download | tgif-55f409a826cbd574333dbc91d6f7e1e9888d696d.tar.xz | |
gitweb setup instruction: rewrite HEAD and root as well
Also add a few more hints for how to setup and configure gitweb as described
[jc: with a fix from Mike Hommey]
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'gitweb/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/README | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index 8f7ea367ba..356ab7b327 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -255,12 +255,15 @@ Webserver configuration If you want to have one URL for both gitweb and your http:// repositories, you can configure apache like this: -<VirtualHost www:80> - ServerName git.domain.org +<VirtualHost *:80> + ServerName git.example.org DocumentRoot /pub/git - RewriteEngine on - RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(info|objects|refs)).*)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] SetEnv GITWEB_CONFIG /etc/gitweb.conf + RewriteEngine on + # make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script + RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi + # make access for "dumb clients" work + RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(HEAD|info|objects|refs)).*)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] </VirtualHost> The above configuration expects your public repositories to live under @@ -276,6 +279,13 @@ override the defaults given at the head of the gitweb.perl (or gitweb.cgi). Look at the comments in that file for information on which variables and what they mean. +If you use the rewrite rules from the example you'll likely also need +something like the following in your gitweb.conf (or gitweb_config.perl) file: + + @stylesheets = ("/some/absolute/path/gitweb.css"); + $my_uri = "/"; + $home_link = "/"; + Originally written by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> |