On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git' >> -to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'. >> +Unless otherwise noted, the following examples map >> +'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git' to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'. > > This rephrase seems to be unrelated (to providing an example of > serving smart http). I think this change is related because previously all the examples provided the same mapping. With the new example with a different mapping, the "_All_ of the following" is no longer true. >> @@ -144,6 +144,42 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \ >> ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> +In the following example, a repository at >> +'/home/$username/devel/foo/bar.git' will be accessible at >> +'http://$hostname/\~$username/cgi-bin/git/foo/bar.git' >> + >> +From UserDir on Apache 2.x:: >> + One way to configure 'git-http-backend' to execute and serve >> + from a user directory (for example, on a shared hosting >> + provider), is to have a symbolic link that points from the cgi >> + directory to the 'git-http-backend' executable in libexec. The >> + advantage of the symblic link is that any updates to the > > s/symblic/symbolic > s/update/updates/. Thanks. > At this point, the user dealing with the "easy" case (ie. the user > just symlinks the shared git installation and doesn't have to create > symlinks in his own home directory) should have enough configuration > details without having to read any further. So, you could tell the > user about the symlinks to create and the configuration lines in > .htaccess. > > It might also be a good idea to start a new paragraph for the "hard" > case, for better readability. OK, these suggestions sound good to me. I'll send out an updated patch shortly. Thanks, Tarmigan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html