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