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| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/INSTALL | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/README | 27 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | gitweb/gitweb.perl | 18 |
4 files changed, 53 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL index c5236fee9d..f5efe7454c 100644 --- a/gitweb/INSTALL +++ b/gitweb/INSTALL @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Gitweb config file See also "Runtime gitweb configuration" section in README file for gitweb (in gitweb/README). -- You can configure gitweb further using the gitweb configuration file; +- You can configure gitweb further using the per-instance gitweb configuration file; by default this is a file named gitweb_config.perl in the same place as gitweb.cgi script. You can control the default place for the config file using the GITWEB_CONFIG build configuration variable, and you can set it @@ -241,6 +241,17 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README). 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 suprising + 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 + system-wide configuration file override those from common system-wide + configuration file. + - The gitweb config file is a fragment of perl code. You can set variables using "our $variable = value"; text from "#" character until the end of a line is ignored. See perlsyn(1) for details. diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile index 5d20515fba..1c85b5fda8 100644 --- a/gitweb/Makefile +++ b/gitweb/Makefile @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ INSTALL ?= install # default configuration for gitweb GITWEB_CONFIG = gitweb_config.perl GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = /etc/gitweb.conf +GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = /etc/gitweb-common.conf GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR = projects GITWEB_SITENAME = GITWEB_PROJECTROOT = /pub/git @@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ GITWEB_REPLACE = \ -e 's|++GIT_BINDIR++|$(bindir)|g' \ -e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|g' \ -e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|g' \ + -e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|g' \ -e 's|++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|g' \ -e 's|++GITWEB_SITENAME++|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|g' \ -e 's|++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT++|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|g' \ diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index a4cfcb42cd..a9988200d6 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -10,9 +10,30 @@ From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git. Runtime gitweb configuration ---------------------------- -You can adjust gitweb behaviour using the file specified in `GITWEB_CONFIG` -(defaults to 'gitweb_config.perl' in the same directory as the CGI), and -as a fallback `GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM` (defaults to /etc/gitweb.conf). +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 $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM file exists. + The most notable thing that is not configurable at compile time are the optional features, stored in the '%features' variable. diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl index 81dacf2b6a..5afa6edc4b 100755 --- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl +++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl @@ -661,13 +661,25 @@ sub read_config_file { return; } -our ($GITWEB_CONFIG, $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM); +our ($GITWEB_CONFIG, $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM, $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON); sub evaluate_gitweb_config { our $GITWEB_CONFIG = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG++"; our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++"; + our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++"; - # use first config file that exists - read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG) or + # Protect agains duplications of file names, to not read config twice. + # Only one of $GITWEB_CONFIG and $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is used, so + # there possibility of duplication of filename there doesn't matter. + $GITWEB_CONFIG = "" if ($GITWEB_CONFIG eq $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON); + $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = "" if ($GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM eq $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON); + + # Common system-wide settings for convenience. + # Those settings can be ovverriden by GITWEB_CONFIG or GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM. + read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON); + + # Use first config file that exists. This means use the per-instance + # GITWEB_CONFIG if exists, otherwise use GITWEB_SYSTEM_CONFIG. + read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG) and return; read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM); } |