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@@ -100,13 +100,20 @@ You can specify the following configuration variables when building GIT:
is set when gitweb.cgi is executed, then the file specified in the
environment variable will be loaded instead of the file specified
when gitweb.cgi was created. [Default: gitweb_config.perl]
+ * GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM
+ This Perl file will be loaded using 'do' as a fallback if GITWEB_CONFIG
+ does not exist. If the environment variable GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is set
+ when gitweb.cgi is executed, then the file specified in the environment
+ variable will be loaded instead of the file specified when gitweb.cgi was
+ created. [Default: /etc/gitweb.conf]
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).
+(defaults to 'gitweb_config.perl' in the same directory as the CGI), and
+as a fallback `GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM` (defaults to /etc/gitweb.conf).
The most notable thing that is not configurable at compile time are the
optional features, stored in the '%features' variable.