author | Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> | 2007-05-11 10:13:15 (UTC) |
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committer | Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> | 2007-05-11 10:13:15 (UTC) |
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Update README with submodule build info
Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
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@@ -10,15 +10,31 @@ Installation - $ make gitsrc=<path> + $ make $ su - $ make prefix=<path> install + $ make install +This will install cgit.cgi and cgit.css into "/var/www/htdocs/cgit". -Default value for gitsrc is "../git", and this directory should contain the -git sources. +Note: The initial "make" will create a submodule 'git' and clone the git +repository at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git in it. If you +already have a local git git repository that you want to use as origin +for the submodule, run -Default value for prefix is "/var/www/htdocs/cgit". This directory will -contain "cgit.cgi" and "cgit.css" after 'make install'. + $ git clone -s <path-to-git-repo> git + $ ./submodules.sh -u -After installation, httpd.conf probably must be updated with a Directory- -section for cgit, possibly something like this: +before running "make". + + +Dependencies + + -git (1.5.2-rc0 or newer, due to git submodule) installed + -zip lib + -crypto lib + -openssl lib + + +Apache configuration + +A new Directory-section must probably be added for cgit, possibly something +like this: @@ -35,3 +51,3 @@ Runtime configuration The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. In addition -to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories +to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories displayed by cgit. @@ -39,3 +55,3 @@ displayed by cgit. A template cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default -values are documented in this file. +values are documented in this file. @@ -44,4 +60,4 @@ The cache -When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and -returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired), +When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and +returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired), the content for the request is written into the proper cachefile before the @@ -49,3 +65,3 @@ file is returned. -If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the +If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the stale cachefile is returned to the client. This is done to favour page @@ -55 +71,11 @@ The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires". + + +The mis(sing) features + +Submodule links in the directory listing page have a fixed format per +repository. This should probably be extended to a generic map between +submodule path and url. + + +The end. |