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 48def3841f..c7ce038274 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -665,13 +665,25 @@ 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);
 }