1 files changed, 43 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index 2ca487d7d5..ada1180528 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ start_httpd () {
 	else
 		# many httpds are installed in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin
 		# these days and those are not in most users $PATHs
-		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin
+		# in addition, we may have generated a server script
+		# in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
+		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
 		do
 			if test -x "$i/$httpd_only"
 			then
@@ -136,6 +138,43 @@ GIT_DIR="$fqgitdir"
 export GIT_EXEC_PATH GIT_DIR
 
 
+webrick_conf () {
+	# generate a standalone server script in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
+	cat >"$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd.rb" <<EOF
+require 'webrick'
+require 'yaml'
+options = YAML::load_file(ARGV[0])
+options[:StartCallback] = proc do
+  File.open(options[:PidFile],"w") do |f|
+    f.puts Process.pid
+  end
+end
+options[:ServerType] = WEBrick::Daemon
+server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(options)
+['INT', 'TERM'].each do |signal|
+  trap(signal) {server.shutdown}
+end
+server.start
+EOF
+	# generate a shell script to invoke the above ruby script,
+	# which assumes _ruby_ is in the user's $PATH. that's _one_
+	# portable way to run ruby, which could be installed anywhere,
+	# really.
+	cat >"$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ruby "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd.rb" \$*
+EOF
+	chmod +x "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd"
+
+	cat >"$conf" <<EOF
+:Port: $port
+:DocumentRoot: "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+:DirectoryIndex: ["gitweb.cgi"]
+:PidFile: "$fqgitdir/pid"
+EOF
+	test "$local" = true && echo ':BindAddress: "127.0.0.1"' >> "$conf"
+}
+
 lighttpd_conf () {
 	cat > "$conf" <<EOF
 server.document-root = "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
@@ -236,6 +275,9 @@ case "$httpd" in
 *apache2*)
 	apache2_conf
 	;;
+webrick)
+	webrick_conf
+	;;
 *)
 	echo "Unknown httpd specified: $httpd"
 	exit 1