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diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index ccda890c0e..66c6a9391d 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build): Full URL and absolute URL of gitweb script; in earlier versions of gitweb you might have need to set those variables, now there should be no need to do it. + * $base_url + Base URL for relative URLs in pages generated by gitweb, + (e.g. $logo, $favicon, @stylesheets if they are relative URLs), + needed and used only for URLs with nonempty PATH_INFO via + <base href="$base_url>. Usually gitweb sets its value correctly, + and there is no need to set this variable, e.g. to $my_uri or "/". * $home_link Target of the home link on top of all pages (the first part of view "breadcrumbs"). By default set to absolute URI of a page ($my_uri). @@ -377,7 +383,7 @@ named without a .git extension (e.g. /pub/git/project instead of DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb - AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)? /pub/git$1$3 + AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)?$ /pub/git$1$3 <Directory /var/www/gitweb> Options ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script cgi @@ -402,6 +408,14 @@ http://git.example.com/project will provide human-friendly gitweb access. +This solution is not 100% bulletproof, in the sense that if some project +has a named ref (branch, tag) starting with 'git/', then paths such as + +http://git.example.com/project/command/abranch..git/abranch + +will fail with a 404 error. + + Originally written by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> |