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1CGITRC(5) 1CGITRC(5)
2======== 2========
3 3
4 4
5NAME 5NAME
6---- 6----
7cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit 7cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit
8 8
9 9
10SYNOPSIS 10SYNOPSIS
11-------- 11--------
12Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git 12Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git
13repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank 13repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank
14lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored. 14lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
15 15
16 16
17GLOBAL SETTINGS 17GLOBAL SETTINGS
18--------------- 18---------------
19agefile:: 19agefile::
20 Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used 20 Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used
21 to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository. 21 to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository.
22 The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date" 22 The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date"
23 function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd 23 function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd
24 hh:mm:ss". Default value: "info/web/last-modified". 24 hh:mm:ss". Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
25 25
26cache-root:: 26cache-root::
27 Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value: 27 Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
28 "/var/cache/cgit". 28 "/var/cache/cgit".
29 29
30cache-dynamic-ttl:: 30cache-dynamic-ttl::
31 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached 31 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
32 version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Default 32 version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Default
33 value: "5". 33 value: "5".
34 34
35cache-repo-ttl:: 35cache-repo-ttl::
36 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached 36 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
37 version of the repository summary page. Default value: "5". 37 version of the repository summary page. Default value: "5".
38 38
39cache-root-ttl:: 39cache-root-ttl::
40 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached 40 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
41 version of the repository index page. Default value: "5". 41 version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
42 42
43cache-size:: 43cache-size::
44 The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0" 44 The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
45 (i.e. caching is disabled). 45 (i.e. caching is disabled).
46 46
47cache-static-ttl:: 47cache-static-ttl::
48 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached 48 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
49 version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value: 49 version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value:
50 "5". 50 "5".
51 51
52clone-prefix:: 52clone-prefix::
53 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a 53 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
54 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This 54 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
55 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: 55 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
56 none. 56 none.
57 57
58css:: 58css::
59 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages. 59 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
60 Default value: "/cgit.css". 60 Default value: "/cgit.css".
61 61
62embedded:: 62embedded::
63 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment 63 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
64 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See 64 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
65 also: "noheader". 65 also: "noheader".
66 66
67enable-index-links:: 67enable-index-links::
68 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for 68 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
69 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary", 69 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
70 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0". 70 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
71 71
72enable-log-filecount:: 72enable-log-filecount::
73 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of 73 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
74 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default 74 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
75 value: "0". 75 value: "0".
76 76
77enable-log-linecount:: 77enable-log-linecount::
78 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added 78 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
79 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default 79 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
80 value: "0". 80 value: "0".
81 81
82favicon:: 82favicon::
83 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is 83 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is
84 suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will 84 suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will
85 ignore other values. Default value: none. 85 ignore other values. Default value: none.
86 86
87footer:: 87footer::
88 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 88 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
89 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard 89 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
90 "generated by..." message. Default value: none. 90 "generated by..." message. Default value: none.
91 91
92head-include:: 92head-include::
93 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 93 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
94 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none. 94 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
95 95
96header:: 96header::
97 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 97 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
98 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none. 98 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
99 99
100include:: 100include::
101 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config- 101 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
102 file is parsed. Default value: none. 102 file is parsed. Default value: none.
103 103
104index-header:: 104index-header::
105 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 105 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
106 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and 106 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and
107 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default 107 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default
108 value: none. 108 value: none.
109 109
110index-info:: 110index-info::
111 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 111 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
112 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting 112 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting
113 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc 113 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc
114 instead). Default value: none. 114 instead). Default value: none.
115 115
116local-time:: 116local-time::
117 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the 117 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
118 servers timezone. Default value: "0". 118 servers timezone. Default value: "0".
119 119
120logo:: 120logo::
121 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo 121 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
122 on all cgit pages. 122 on all cgit pages.
123 123
124logo-link:: 124logo-link::
125 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the 125 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
126 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default 126 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
127 value: none. 127 value: none.
128 128
129max-commit-count:: 129max-commit-count::
130 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default 130 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
131 value: "50". 131 value: "50".
132 132
133max-message-length:: 133max-message-length::
134 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in 134 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
135 "log" view. Default value: "80". 135 "log" view. Default value: "80".
136 136
137max-repo-count:: 137max-repo-count::
138 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on therepository 138 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on therepository
139 index page. Default value: "50". 139 index page. Default value: "50".
140 140
141max-repodesc-length:: 141max-repodesc-length::
142 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display 142 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
143 on the repository index page. Default value: "80". 143 on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
144 144
145max-stats:: 145max-stats::
146 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week", 146 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
147 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are 147 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
148 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats". 148 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
149 149
150mimetype.<ext>::
151 Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
152 by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
153
150module-link:: 154module-link::
151 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a 155 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
152 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the 156 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
153 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default 157 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
154 value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s" 158 value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s"
155 159
156nocache:: 160nocache::
157 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is 161 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
158 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default 162 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
159 value: "0". 163 value: "0".
160 164
161noheader:: 165noheader::
162 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header 166 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
163 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded". 167 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
164 168
165renamelimit:: 169renamelimit::
166 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value 170 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
167 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at 171 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
168 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1". 172 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
169 173
170repo.group:: 174repo.group::
171 A value for the current repository group, which all repositories 175 A value for the current repository group, which all repositories
172 specified after this setting will inherit. Default value: none. 176 specified after this setting will inherit. Default value: none.
173 177
174robots:: 178robots::
175 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value: 179 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
176 "index, nofollow". 180 "index, nofollow".
177 181
178root-desc:: 182root-desc::
179 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default 183 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
180 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm". 184 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
181 185
182root-readme:: 186root-readme::
183 The content of the file specified with this option will be included 187 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
184 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default 188 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
185 value: none. 189 value: none.
186 190
187root-title:: 191root-title::
188 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value: 192 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
189 "Git Repository Browser". 193 "Git Repository Browser".
190 194
191snapshots:: 195snapshots::
192 Text which specifies the default (and allowed) set of snapshot formats 196 Text which specifies the default (and allowed) set of snapshot formats
193 supported by cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more 197 supported by cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more
194 of the following values: 198 of the following values:
195 "tar" uncompressed tar-file 199 "tar" uncompressed tar-file
196 "tar.gz"gzip-compressed tar-file 200 "tar.gz"gzip-compressed tar-file
197 "tar.bz2"bzip-compressed tar-file 201 "tar.bz2"bzip-compressed tar-file
198 "zip" zip-file 202 "zip" zip-file
199 Default value: none. 203 Default value: none.
200 204
201summary-branches:: 205summary-branches::
202 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary" 206 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
203 view. Default value: "10". 207 view. Default value: "10".
204 208
205summary-log:: 209summary-log::
206 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository 210 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
207 "summary" view. Default value: "10". 211 "summary" view. Default value: "10".
208 212
209summary-tags:: 213summary-tags::
210 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary" 214 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
211 view. Default value: "10". 215 view. Default value: "10".
212 216
213virtual-root:: 217virtual-root::
214 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It 218 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
215 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like 219 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
216 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default 220 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
217 value: none. 221 value: none.
218 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the 222 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
219 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated. 223 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
220 224
221REPOSITORY SETTINGS 225REPOSITORY SETTINGS
222------------------- 226-------------------
223repo.clone-url:: 227repo.clone-url::
224 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo. 228 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
225 Default value: none. 229 Default value: none.
226 230
227repo.defbranch:: 231repo.defbranch::
228 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch 232 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
229 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used 233 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
230 as default instead. Default value: "master". 234 as default instead. Default value: "master".
231 235
232repo.desc:: 236repo.desc::
233 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none. 237 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
234 238
235repo.enable-log-filecount:: 239repo.enable-log-filecount::
236 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting 240 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
237 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none. 241 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
238 242
239repo.enable-log-linecount:: 243repo.enable-log-linecount::
240 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting 244 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
241 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none. 245 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
242 246
243repo.max-stats:: 247repo.max-stats::
244 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal 248 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
245 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default 249 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
246 value: none. 250 value: none.
247 251
248repo.name:: 252repo.name::
249 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>. 253 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
250 254
251repo.owner:: 255repo.owner::
252 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value: 256 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
253 none. 257 none.
254 258
255repo.path:: 259repo.path::
256 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories 260 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
257 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none. 261 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
258 262
259repo.readme:: 263repo.readme::
260 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include 264 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
261 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. Default value: none. 265 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. Default value: none.
262 266
263repo.snapshots:: 267repo.snapshots::
264 A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the 268 A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
265 "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>. 269 "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
266 270
267repo.url:: 271repo.url::
268 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first 272 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
269 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none. 273 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
270 274
271 275
272EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE 276EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
273------------------- 277-------------------
274 278
275.... 279....
276# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess 280# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
277cache-size=1000 281cache-size=1000
278 282
279 283
280# Specify some default clone prefixes 284# Specify some default clone prefixes
281clone-prefix=git://foobar.com ssh://foobar.com/pub/git http://foobar.com/git 285clone-prefix=git://foobar.com ssh://foobar.com/pub/git http://foobar.com/git
282 286
283# Specify the css url 287# Specify the css url
284css=/css/cgit.css 288css=/css/cgit.css
285 289
286 290
287# Show extra links for each repository on the index page 291# Show extra links for each repository on the index page
288enable-index-links=1 292enable-index-links=1
289 293
290 294
291# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages 295# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
292enable-log-filecount=1 296enable-log-filecount=1
293 297
294 298
295# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages 299# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
296enable-log-linecount=1 300enable-log-linecount=1
297 301
298 302
299# Add a cgit favicon 303# Add a cgit favicon
300favicon=/favicon.ico 304favicon=/favicon.ico
301 305
302 306
303# Use a custom logo 307# Use a custom logo
304logo=/img/mylogo.png 308logo=/img/mylogo.png
305 309
306 310
307# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter 311# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
308max-stats=quarter 312max-stats=quarter
309 313
310 314
311# Set the title and heading of the repository index page 315# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
312root-title=foobar.com git repositories 316root-title=foobar.com git repositories
313 317
314 318
315# Set a subheading for the repository index page 319# Set a subheading for the repository index page
316root-desc=tracking the foobar development 320root-desc=tracking the foobar development
317 321
318 322
319# Include some more info about foobar.com on the index page 323# Include some more info about foobar.com on the index page
320root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html 324root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
321 325
322 326
323# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files 327# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
324snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip 328snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
325 329
326 330
327## 331##
332## List of common mimetypes
333##
334
335mimetype.git=image/git
336mimetype.html=text/html
337mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
338mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
339mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
340mimetype.png=image/png
341mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
342
343
344##
328## List of repositories. 345## List of repositories.
329## PS: Any repositories listed when repo.group is unset will not be 346## PS: Any repositories listed when repo.group is unset will not be
330## displayed under a group heading 347## displayed under a group heading
331## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos') 348## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
332## and included like this: 349## and included like this:
333## include=/etc/cgitrepos 350## include=/etc/cgitrepos
334## 351##
335 352
336 353
337repo.url=foo 354repo.url=foo
338repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git 355repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
339repo.desc=the master foo repository 356repo.desc=the master foo repository
340repo.owner=fooman@foobar.com 357repo.owner=fooman@foobar.com
341repo.readme=info/web/about.html 358repo.readme=info/web/about.html
342 359
343 360
344repo.url=bar 361repo.url=bar
345repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git 362repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
346repo.desc=the bars for your foo 363repo.desc=the bars for your foo
347repo.owner=barman@foobar.com 364repo.owner=barman@foobar.com
348repo.readme=info/web/about.html 365repo.readme=info/web/about.html
349 366
350 367
351# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading 368# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
352repo.group=extras 369repo.group=extras
353 370
354 371
355repo.url=baz 372repo.url=baz
356repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git 373repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
357repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users 374repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
358 375
359repo.url=wiz 376repo.url=wiz
360repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git 377repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
361repo.desc=the wizard of foo 378repo.desc=the wizard of foo
362 379
363 380
364# Add some mirrored repositories 381# Add some mirrored repositories
365repo.group=mirrors 382repo.group=mirrors
366 383
367 384
368repo.url=git 385repo.url=git
369repo.path=/pub/git/git.git 386repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
370repo.desc=the dscm 387repo.desc=the dscm
371 388
372 389
373repo.url=linux 390repo.url=linux
374repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git 391repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
375repo.desc=the kernel 392repo.desc=the kernel
376 393
377# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo 394# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
378repo.snapshots=0 395repo.snapshots=0
379 396
380# Disable line-counts for this repo 397# Disable line-counts for this repo
381repo.enable-log-linecount=0 398repo.enable-log-linecount=0
382 399
383# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo 400# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
384repo.max-stats=month 401repo.max-stats=month
385.... 402....
386 403
387 404
388BUGS 405BUGS
389---- 406----
390Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment 407Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
391will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line: 408will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
392 409
393 robots=index # allow indexing 410 robots=index # allow indexing
394 411
395will generate the following html element: 412will generate the following html element:
396 413
397 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/> 414 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/>
398 415
399 416
400 417
401AUTHOR 418AUTHOR
402------ 419------
403Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> 420Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>