From 55f409a826cbd574333dbc91d6f7e1e9888d696d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ask=20Bj=C3=B8rn=20Hansen?= Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:19:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] gitweb setup instruction: rewrite HEAD and root as well Also add a few more hints for how to setup and configure gitweb as described [jc: with a fix from Mike Hommey] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- gitweb/README | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index 8f7ea367ba..356ab7b327 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -255,12 +255,15 @@ Webserver configuration If you want to have one URL for both gitweb and your http:// repositories, you can configure apache like this: - - ServerName git.domain.org + + ServerName git.example.org DocumentRoot /pub/git - RewriteEngine on - RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(info|objects|refs)).*)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] SetEnv GITWEB_CONFIG /etc/gitweb.conf + RewriteEngine on + # make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script + RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi + # make access for "dumb clients" work + RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(HEAD|info|objects|refs)).*)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] The above configuration expects your public repositories to live under @@ -276,6 +279,13 @@ override the defaults given at the head of the gitweb.perl (or gitweb.cgi). Look at the comments in that file for information on which variables and what they mean. +If you use the rewrite rules from the example you'll likely also need +something like the following in your gitweb.conf (or gitweb_config.perl) file: + + @stylesheets = ("/some/absolute/path/gitweb.css"); + $my_uri = "/"; + $home_link = "/"; + Originally written by: Kay Sievers