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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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$ $EDITOR Makefile
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$ make
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$ sudo make install
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Note: cgit requires the git and xdiff libraries. Currently, the makefile
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expects these files to be found in '../git/libgit.a' and '../git/xdiff/lib.a',
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where they will be if you have built git from source in a parallell directory.
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Runtime configuration
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The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. A template
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cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default values
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can be found 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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