[PATCH] user-manual: add addition gitweb information

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Rework the section on gitweb to add information about the cgi script
and the instaweb command.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 1c790ac..72fb11e 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2125,8 +2125,18 @@ Allowing web browsing of a repository
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
-project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
-gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
+project's files and history without having to install Git. The script
+enables the user to browse the repository revisions, file contents and
+logs. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may
+optionally be enabled.
+
+The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides an simple way to start
+browsing the repository. The defualt server when using instaweb is
+lighttpd.
+
+See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
+linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
+installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
 
 [[sharing-development-examples]]
 Examples
@@ -4651,8 +4661,6 @@ documentation.
 Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
 CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
 
-More details on gitweb?
-
 Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
 
 Alternates, clone -reference, etc.
-- 
2.7.0-rc2

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