10 cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit
15 Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git
16 repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank
17 lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
22 The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At
23 runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if
24 defined, use its value instead.
30 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the content of
31 about pages (both top-level and for each repository). The command will
32 get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
33 command will be included verbatim on the about page. Default value:
34 none. See also: "FILTER API".
37 Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used
38 to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository.
39 The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date"
40 function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd
41 hh:mm:ss". Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
44 Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
45 "/var/cache/cgit". See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
48 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
49 version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Default
53 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
54 version of the repository summary page. Default value: "5".
57 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
58 version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
61 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
62 of scanning a path for git repositories. Default value: "15".
65 The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
66 (i.e. caching is disabled).
69 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
70 version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value:
74 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
75 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
76 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
80 Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
81 used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
82 also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
85 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
86 The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
87 command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
88 be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
89 See also: "FILTER API".
92 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
93 Default value: "/cgit.css".
96 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
97 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
100 enable-commit-graph::
101 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
102 history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
103 log page. Default value: "0".
105 enable-filter-overrides::
106 Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
107 overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
109 enable-gitweb-owner::
110 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, we first check each repository
111 for the git config value "gitweb.owner" to determine the owner.
112 Default value: "1". See also: scan-path.
115 If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
116 If you use an alternate way of serving git repositories, you may wish
117 to disable this. Default value: "1".
120 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
121 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
122 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
124 enable-log-filecount::
125 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
126 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
129 enable-log-linecount::
130 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
131 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
134 enable-remote-branches::
135 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
136 in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
137 "repo.enable-remote-branches".
139 enable-subject-links::
140 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
141 parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
142 in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
143 "repo.enable-subject-links".
145 enable-tree-linenumbers::
146 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
147 for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
150 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is
151 suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will
152 ignore other values. Default value: none.
155 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
156 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
157 "generated by..." message. Default value: none.
160 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
161 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
164 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
165 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
168 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
169 file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
172 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
173 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and
174 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default
178 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
179 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting
180 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc
181 instead). Default value: none.
184 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
185 servers timezone. Default value: "0".
188 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
189 on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
192 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
193 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
197 Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
201 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
205 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
206 "log" view. Default value: "80".
209 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the repository
210 index page. Default value: "50".
212 max-repodesc-length::
213 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
214 on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
217 Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
218 Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
221 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
222 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
223 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
226 Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
227 by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
230 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
231 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
232 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
233 value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s"
236 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
237 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
241 If set to "1" showing full author email adresses will be disabled.
245 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
246 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
249 A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
250 should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
251 scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
255 Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
259 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
260 with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
261 name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
264 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
265 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
266 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
269 Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
270 supported in cgit-1.0.
273 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
277 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
278 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
281 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
282 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
286 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
287 "Git Repository Browser".
290 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
291 directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
292 scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
293 "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
294 non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
295 Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
298 A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
299 the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
300 directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
301 scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
302 project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
303 before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
304 Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
308 The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
309 after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
313 A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many
314 path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
315 If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
316 above the repo directory. Default value: 0.
319 If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
320 default. Default value: "0".
323 Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by
324 cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the
325 values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip". Default value:
329 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
330 in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
331 and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
332 from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
333 this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
334 none. See also: "FILTER API".
337 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
338 view. Default value: "10".
341 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
342 "summary" view. Default value: "10".
345 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
346 view. Default value: "10".
349 Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
350 for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
351 gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
352 repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come
356 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
357 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
358 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
360 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
361 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
366 Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
367 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
370 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
371 Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
374 Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
375 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
378 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
379 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
380 as default instead. Default value: "master".
383 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
385 repo.enable-commit-graph::
386 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
387 `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
389 repo.enable-log-filecount::
390 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
391 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
393 repo.enable-log-linecount::
394 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
395 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
397 repo.enable-remote-branches::
398 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
399 in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
401 repo.enable-subject-links::
402 A flag which can be used to override the global setting
403 `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
406 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
407 on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
410 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
411 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
412 value: global logo-link.
415 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
416 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
420 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
423 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
427 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
428 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
431 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
432 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
433 git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
434 a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
437 A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
438 "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
441 Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
445 Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
446 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
449 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
450 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
453 REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
454 -------------------------------
455 When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
456 will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
457 repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
458 described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
459 options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
460 "enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
462 Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
463 config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
469 This filter is given no arguments. The about text that is to be
470 filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
471 expected on standard output.
474 This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
475 be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
476 expected on standard output.
479 This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
480 file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
481 example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
482 file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
483 filtered contents is expected on standard output.
485 Also, all filters are handed the following environment variables:
487 - CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
488 - CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
489 - CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
490 - CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
491 - CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
492 - CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
493 - CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
495 If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
496 setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
497 environment variable will be an empty string.
502 The following cgitrc options supports a simple macro expansion feature,
503 where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similary
504 named environment variable:
511 Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
514 One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
515 can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
517 include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
519 The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
520 the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
530 # Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
534 # Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
535 clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
537 # Specify the css url
541 # Show extra links for each repository on the index page
545 # Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
546 enable-commit-graph=1
549 # Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
550 enable-log-filecount=1
553 # Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
554 enable-log-linecount=1
565 # Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
569 # Set the title and heading of the repository index page
570 root-title=example.com git repositories
573 # Set a subheading for the repository index page
574 root-desc=tracking the foobar development
577 # Include some more info about example.com on the index page
578 root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
581 # Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
582 snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
586 ## List of common mimetypes
589 mimetype.gif=image/gif
590 mimetype.html=text/html
591 mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
592 mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
593 mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
594 mimetype.png=image/png
595 mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
599 ## List of repositories.
600 ## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
601 ## displayed under a section heading
602 ## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
603 ## and included like this:
604 ## include=/etc/cgitrepos
609 repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
610 repo.desc=the master foo repository
611 repo.owner=fooman@example.com
612 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
616 repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
617 repo.desc=the bars for your foo
618 repo.owner=barman@example.com
619 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
622 # The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
627 repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
628 repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
631 repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
632 repo.desc=the wizard of foo
635 # Add some mirrored repositories
640 repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
645 repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
648 # Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
651 # Disable line-counts for this repo
652 repo.enable-log-linecount=0
654 # Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
661 Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
662 will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
664 robots=index # allow indexing
666 will generate the following html element:
668 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/>
674 Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
675 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>