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diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index b28f59f574..4c8bedf744 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -129,17 +129,30 @@ descriptions. Gitweb config file variables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -You can set, among others, the following variables in gitweb config files: +You can set, among others, the following variables in gitweb config files +(with the exception of $projectroot and $projects_list this list does +not include variables usually directly set during build): * $GIT Cure git executable to use. By default set to "$GIT_BINDIR/git", which in turn is by default set to "$(bindir)/git". If you use git from binary package, set this to "/usr/bin/git". This can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH. If you have multiple git versions - installed it is / can be used to choose which one to use. + installed it can be used to choose which one to use. * $version Gitweb version, set automatically when creating gitweb.cgi from gitweb.perl. You might want to modify it if you are running modified gitweb. + * $projectroot + Absolute filesystem path which will be prepended to project path; + the path to repository is $projectroot/$project. Set to + $GITWEB_PROJECTROOT during installation. This variable have to be + set correctly for gitweb to find repositories. + * $projects_list + Source of projects list, either directory to scan, or text file + with list of repositories (in the "<URI-encoded repository path> SPC + <URI-encoded repository owner>" format). Set to $GITWEB_LIST + during installation. If empty, $projectroot is used to scan for + repositories. * $my_url, $my_uri URL and absolute URL of gitweb script; you might need to set those variables if you are using 'pathinfo' feature: see also below. |