Mostly spelling and grammar nits. Signed-off-by: Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@xxxxxxxxx> --- gitweb/INSTALL | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- gitweb/README | 50 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL index 743f2d4..f7194db 100644 --- a/gitweb/INSTALL +++ b/gitweb/INSTALL @@ -29,40 +29,40 @@ Build time configuration See also "How to configure gitweb for your local system" in README file for gitweb (in gitweb/README). -- There are many configuration variables which affects building of +- There are many configuration variables which affect building of gitweb.cgi; see "default configuration for gitweb" section in main (top dir) Makefile, and instructions for building gitweb/gitweb.cgi target. - One of most important is where to find git wrapper binary. Gitweb - tries to find git wrapper at $(bindir)/git, so you have to set $bindir + One of the most important is where to find the git wrapper binary. Gitweb + tries to find the git wrapper at $(bindir)/git, so you have to set $bindir when building gitweb.cgi, or $prefix from which $bindir is derived. If - you build and install gitweb together with the rest of git suite, + you build and install gitweb together with the rest of the git suite, there should be no problems. Otherwise, if git was for example installed from a binary package, you have to set $prefix (or $bindir) accordingly. - Another important issue is where are git repositories you want to make - available to gitweb. By default gitweb search for repositories under + available to gitweb. By default gitweb searches for repositories under /pub/git; if you want to have projects somewhere else, like /home/git, use GITWEB_PROJECTROOT build configuration variable. By default all git repositories under projectroot are visible and - available to gitweb. List of projects is generated by default by + available to gitweb. The list of projects is generated by default by scanning the projectroot directory for git repositories. This can be changed (configured) as described in "Gitweb repositories" section below. - Note that gitweb deals directly with object database, and does not - need working directory; the name of the project is the name of its + Note that gitweb deals directly with the object database, and does not + need a working directory; the name of the project is the name of its repository object database, usually projectname.git for bare repositories. If you want to provide gitweb access to non-bare (live) - repository, you can make projectname.git symbolic link under + repositories, you can make projectname.git a symbolic link under projectroot linking to projectname/.git (but it is just a suggestion). - You can control where gitweb tries to find its main CSS style file, - its favicon and logo with GITWEB_CSS, GITWEB_FAVICON and GITWEB_LOGO + its favicon and logo with the GITWEB_CSS, GITWEB_FAVICON and GITWEB_LOGO build configuration variables. By default gitweb tries to find them in the same directory as gitweb.cgi script. @@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ Gitweb config file See also "Runtime gitweb configuration" section in README file for gitweb (in gitweb/README). -- You can configure gitweb further using gitweb configuration file; - by default it is file named gitweb_config.perl in the same place as - gitweb.cgi script. You can control default place for config file - using GITWEB_CONFIG build configuration variable, and you can set it - using GITWEB_CONFIG environmental variable. If this file does not +- You can configure gitweb further using the gitweb configuration file; + by default this is a file named gitweb_config.perl in the same place as + gitweb.cgi script. You can control the default place for the config file + using the GITWEB_CONFIG build configuration variable, and you can set it + using the GITWEB_CONFIG environment variable. If this file does not exist, gitweb looks for a system-wide configuration file, normally /etc/gitweb.conf. You can change the default using the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM build configuration variable, and override it - through GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environmental variable. + through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable. -- Gitweb config file is [fragment] of perl code. You can set variables +- The gitweb config file is a fragment of perl code. You can set variables using "our $variable = value"; text from "#" character until the end of a line is ignored. See perlsyn(1) for details. @@ -128,36 +128,37 @@ Gitweb repositories ------------------- - By default all git repositories under projectroot are visible and - available to gitweb. List of projects is generated by default by + available to gitweb. The list of projects is generated by default by scanning the projectroot directory for git repositories (for object databases to be more exact). - You can provide pre-generated list of [visible] repositories, + You can provide a pre-generated list of [visible] repositories, together with information about their owners (the project ownership - is taken from owner of repository directory otherwise), by setting - GITWEB_LIST build configuration variable (or $projects_list variable - in gitweb config file) to point to a plain file. - - Each line of projects list file should consist of url-encoded path - to project repository database (relative to projectroot) separated - by space from url-encoded project owner; spaces in both project path - and project owner have to be encoded as either '%20' or '+'. - - You can generate projects list index file using project_index action - (the 'TXT' link on projects list page) directly from gitweb. - -- By default even if project is not visible on projects list page, you - can view it nevertheless by hand-crafting gitweb URL. You can set - GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT build configuration variable (or $strict_export - variable in gitweb config file) to only allow viewing of + defaults to the owner of the repository directory otherwise), by setting + the GITWEB_LIST build configuration variable (or the $projects_list + variable in the gitweb config file) to point to a plain file. + + Each line of the projects list file should consist of the url-encoded path + to the project repository database (relative to projectroot), followed + by the url-encoded project owner on the same line (separated by a space). + Spaces in both project path and project owner have to be encoded as either + '%20' or '+'. + + You can generate the projects list index file using the project_index + action (the 'TXT' link on projects list page) directly from gitweb. + +- By default, even if a project is not visible on projects list page, you + can view it nevertheless by hand-crafting a gitweb URL. You can set the + GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT build configuration variable (or the $strict_export + variable in the gitweb config file) to only allow viewing of repositories also shown on the overview page. - Alternatively, you can configure gitweb to only list and allow - viewing of the explicitly exported repositories, via - GITWEB_EXPORT_OK build configuration variable (or $export_ok + viewing of the explicitly exported repositories, via the + GITWEB_EXPORT_OK build configuration variable (or the $export_ok variable in gitweb config file). If it evaluates to true, gitweb - show repository only if this file exists in its object database - (if directory has the magic file $export_ok). + shows repositories only if this file exists in its object database + (if directory has the magic file named $export_ok). Generating projects list using gitweb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index 8dfe335..8f7ea36 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ GIT web Interface ================= The one working on: - http://www.kernel.org/git/ + http://git.kernel.org/ From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git. @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git. How to configure gitweb for your local system --------------------------------------------- -See also "Build time configuration" section in INSTALL +See also the "Build time configuration" section in the INSTALL file for gitweb (in gitweb/INSTALL). You can specify the following configuration variables when building GIT: * GIT_BINDIR - Points out where to find git executable. You should set up it to - the place where git binary was installed (usually /usr/bin) if you + Points where to find the git executable. You should set it up to + the place where the git binary was installed (usually /usr/bin) if you don't install git from sources together with gitweb. [Default: $(bindir)] * GITWEB_SITENAME Shown in the title of all generated pages, defaults to the server name @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ You can specify the following configuration variables when building GIT: * GITWEB_PROJECTROOT The root directory for all projects shown by gitweb. Must be set correctly for gitweb to find repositories to display. See also - "Gitweb repositories" in INSTALL file for gitweb. [Default: /pub/git] + "Gitweb repositories" in the INSTALL file for gitweb. [Default: /pub/git] * GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH - The filesystem traversing limit for getting projects list; the number + The filesystem traversing limit for getting the project list; the number is taken as depth relative to the projectroot. It is used when GITWEB_LIST is a directory (or is not set; then project root is used). Is is meant to speed up project listing on large work trees by limiting - find depth. [Default: 2007] + search depth. [Default: 2007] * GITWEB_LIST Points to a directory to scan for projects (defaults to project root if not set / if empty) or to a file with explicit listing of projects @@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ You can specify the following configuration variables when building GIT: Git base URLs used for URL to where fetch project from, i.e. full URL is "$git_base_url/$project". Shown on projects summary page. Repository URL for project can be also configured per repository; this - takes precendence over URL composed from base URL and project name. + takes precedence over URLs composed from base URL and a project name. Note that you can setup multiple base URLs (for example one for - git:// protocol access, one for http:// access) from gitweb config - file. [No default] + git:// protocol access, another for http:// access) from the gitweb + config file. [No default] * GITWEB_CSS Points to the location where you put gitweb.css on your web server - (or to be more generic URI of gitweb stylesheet). Relative to base - URI of gitweb. Note that you can setup multiple stylesheets from - gitweb config file. [Default: gitweb.css] + (or to be more generic, the URI of gitweb stylesheet). Relative to the + base URI of gitweb. Note that you can setup multiple stylesheets from + the gitweb config file. [Default: gitweb.css] * GITWEB_LOGO Points to the location where you put git-logo.png on your web server (or to be more generic URI of logo, 72x27 size, displayed in top right @@ -121,15 +121,15 @@ Ultimate description on how to reconfigure the default features setting in your `GITWEB_CONFIG` or per-project in `project.git/config` can be found as comments inside 'gitweb.cgi'. -See also "Gitweb config file" (with example of gitweb config file), and -"Gitweb repositories" sections in INSTALL file for gitweb. +See also the "Gitweb config file" (with an example of config file), and +the "Gitweb repositories" sections in INSTALL file for gitweb. -Gitweb config file is [fragment] of perl code. You can set variables +The gitweb config file is a fragment of perl code. You can set variables using "our $variable = value"; text from "#" character until the end of a line is ignored. See perlsyn(1) man page for details. -Below there is list of vaiables which you might want to set in gitweb config. +Below is the list of variables which you might want to set in gitweb config. See the top of 'gitweb.cgi' for the full list of variables and their descriptions. @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ You can set, among others, the following variables in gitweb config files (with the exception of $projectroot and $projects_list this list does not include variables usually directly set during build): * $GIT - Cure git executable to use. By default set to "$GIT_BINDIR/git", which + Core git executable to use. By default set to "$GIT_BINDIR/git", which in turn is by default set to "$(bindir)/git". If you use git from binary package, set this to "/usr/bin/git". This can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH. If you have multiple git versions @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build): to make it easier to upgrade gitweb. You can add 'site' stylesheet for example by using push @stylesheets, "gitweb-site.css"; - in gitweb config file. + in the gitweb config file. * $logo_url, $logo_label URI and label (title) of GIT logo link (or your site logo, if you choose to use different logo image). By default they point to git homepage; @@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build): Default mimetype for blob_plain (raw) view, if mimetype checking doesn't result in some other type; by default 'text/plain'. * $default_text_plain_charset - Default charset for text files. If not set, web serwer configuration + Default charset for text files. If not set, web server configuration would be used. * $mimetypes_file File to use for (filename extension based) guessing of MIME types before - trying /etc/mime.types. Path, if relative, is taken currently as taken - relative to current git repositoy. + trying /etc/mime.types. Path, if relative, is taken currently as + relative to the current git repository. * $fallback_encoding Gitweb assumes this charset if line contains non-UTF-8 characters. Fallback decoding is used without error checking, so it can be even @@ -232,14 +232,14 @@ You can use the following files in repository: single line description of a project (of a repository). Plain text file; HTML will be escaped. By default set to Unnamed repository; edit this file to name it for gitweb. - from the template during creating repository. You can use + from the template during repository creation. You can use the gitweb.description repo configuration variable, but the file takes - precendence. + precedence. * cloneurl (or multiple-valued gitweb.url) File with repository URL (used for clone and fetch), one per line. Displayed in the project summary page. You can use multiple-valued gitweb.url repository configuration variable for that, but the file - takes precendence. + takes precedence. * gitweb.owner You can use the gitweb.owner repository configuration variable to set repository's owner. It is displayed in the project list and summary -- 1.5.5.68.g1c00 -- 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
