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| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/INSTALL | 13 |
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diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL index 08f3dda02d..408f2859d3 100644 --- a/gitweb/INSTALL +++ b/gitweb/INSTALL @@ -243,14 +243,11 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README), and gitweb.conf(5) manpage. GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM build configuration variable, and override it through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable. - Note that if per-instance configuration file exists, then system-wide - configuration is _not used at all_. This is quite untypical and surprising - behavior. On the other hand changing current behavior would break backwards - compatibility and can lead to unexpected changes in gitweb behavior. - Therefore gitweb also looks for common system-wide configuration file, - normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf (set during build time using build time - configuration variable GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON, set it at runtime using - environment variable with the same name). Settings from per-instance or + Note that the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM system-wide configuration file is + only used for instances that lack per-instance configuration file. + You can use GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON common system-wide configuration + file (normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf) to keep common default + settings that apply to all instances. Settings from per-instance or system-wide configuration file override those from common system-wide configuration file. |