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82 lines
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cgit - cgi for git
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This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the git scm, using a
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builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure.
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Installation
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$ make
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$ su
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$ make install
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This will install cgit.cgi and cgit.css into "/var/www/htdocs/cgit".
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Note: The initial "make" will create a submodule 'git' and clone the git
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repository at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git in it. If you
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already have a local git git repository that you want to use as origin
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for the submodule, run
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$ git clone -s <path-to-git-repo> git
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$ ./submodules.sh -u
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before running "make".
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Dependencies
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-git (1.5.2-rc0 or newer, due to git submodule) installed
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-zip lib
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-crypto lib
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-openssl lib
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Apache configuration
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A new Directory-section must probably be added for cgit, possibly something
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like this:
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<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cgit/">
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AllowOverride None
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Options ExecCGI
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Order allow,deny
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Allow from all
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</Directory>
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Runtime configuration
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The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. In addition
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to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories
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displayed by cgit.
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A template cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default
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values are documented in this file.
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The cache
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When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and
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returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired),
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the content for the request is written into the proper cachefile before the
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file is returned.
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If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the
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stale cachefile is returned to the client. This is done to favour page
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throughput over page freshness.
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The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including
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the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires".
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The mis(sing) features
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Submodule links in the directory listing page have a fixed format per
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repository. This should probably be extended to a generic map between
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submodule path and url.
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The end.
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