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 Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1".
75 See also: repository-sort, section-sort.
78 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
79 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
80 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
84 Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
85 used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
86 also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
89 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
90 The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
91 command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
92 be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
93 See also: "FILTER API".
96 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
97 Default value: "/cgit.css".
100 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
101 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
104 enable-commit-graph::
105 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
106 history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
107 log page. Default value: "0".
109 enable-filter-overrides::
110 Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
111 overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
114 If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
115 If you use an alternate way of serving git repositories, you may wish
116 to disable this. Default value: "1".
119 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
120 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
121 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
123 enable-log-filecount::
124 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
125 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
128 enable-log-linecount::
129 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
130 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
133 enable-remote-branches::
134 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
135 in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
136 "repo.enable-remote-branches".
138 enable-subject-links::
139 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
140 parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
141 in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
142 "repo.enable-subject-links".
144 enable-tree-linenumbers::
145 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
146 for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
149 Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to use git config to set
150 any repo specific settings. This option is used in conjunction with
151 "scan-path" to augment _repo._ settings. The keys gitweb.owner,
152 gitweb.category, and gitweb.description will map to the cgit keys
153 repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc, respectivly. All git config
154 keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped to the corresponding "repo."
155 key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path section-from-path.
158 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is
159 suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will
160 ignore other values. Default value: none.
163 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
164 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
165 "generated by..." message. Default value: none.
168 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
169 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
172 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
173 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
176 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
177 file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
180 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
181 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and
182 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default
186 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
187 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting
188 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc
189 instead). Default value: none.
192 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
193 servers timezone. Default value: "0".
196 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
197 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
198 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
202 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
203 on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
206 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
207 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
211 Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
215 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
219 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
220 "log" view. Default value: "80".
223 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the repository
224 index page. Default value: "50".
226 max-repodesc-length::
227 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
228 on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
231 Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
232 Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
235 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
236 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
237 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
240 Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
241 by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
244 Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
245 then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
246 found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
247 to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. Default value: none. See
248 also: "mimetype.<ext>". The format of the file must comply to:
249 - a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
250 optionally preceded by whitespace
251 - a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
252 by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
255 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
256 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
257 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
261 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
262 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
266 If set to "1" showing full author email adresses will be disabled.
270 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
271 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
274 A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
275 should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
276 scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
280 Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
284 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
285 with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
286 name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
289 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
290 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
291 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
294 Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
295 supported in cgit-1.0.
298 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
302 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
303 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
306 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
307 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
311 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
312 "Git Repository Browser".
315 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
316 directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
317 scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
318 "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
319 non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
320 Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
323 A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
324 the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
325 directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
326 scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
327 project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
328 before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
329 Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
333 The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
334 after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
338 The way in which repositories in each section are sorted. Valid values
339 are "name" for sorting by the repo name or "age" for sorting by the
340 most recently updated repository. Default value: "name". See also:
341 section, case-sensitive-sort, section-sort.
344 Flag which, when set to "1", will sort the sections on the repository
345 listing by name. Set this flag to "0" if the order in the cgitrc file should
346 be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section,
347 case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort.
350 A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many
351 path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
352 If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
353 above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
356 If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
357 default. Default value: "0".
360 Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by
361 cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the
362 values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip". Default value:
366 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
367 in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
368 and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
369 from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
370 this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
371 none. See also: "FILTER API".
374 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
375 view. Default value: "10".
378 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
379 "summary" view. Default value: "10".
382 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
383 view. Default value: "10".
386 Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
387 for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
388 gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
389 repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come
393 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
394 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
395 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
397 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
398 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
404 Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
405 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
408 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
409 Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
412 Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
413 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
416 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
417 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
418 as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
419 "master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
422 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
424 repo.enable-commit-graph::
425 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
426 `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
428 repo.enable-log-filecount::
429 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
430 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
432 repo.enable-log-linecount::
433 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
434 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
436 repo.enable-remote-branches::
437 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
438 in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
440 repo.enable-subject-links::
441 A flag which can be used to override the global setting
442 `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
445 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
446 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
447 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
451 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
452 on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
455 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
456 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
457 value: global logo-link.
460 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
461 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
462 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
465 repo.module-link.<path>::
466 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
467 submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
468 directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
469 of the submodule commit. Default value: none.
472 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
473 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
477 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
480 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
484 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
485 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
488 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
489 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
490 git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
491 a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
494 A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
495 "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
498 Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
502 Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
503 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
506 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
507 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
510 REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
511 -------------------------------
512 When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
513 will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
514 repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
515 described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
516 options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
517 "enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
519 Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
520 config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
526 This filter is given no arguments. The about text that is to be
527 filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
528 expected on standard output.
531 This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
532 be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
533 expected on standard output.
536 This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
537 file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
538 example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
539 file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
540 filtered contents is expected on standard output.
542 Also, all filters are handed the following environment variables:
544 - CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
545 - CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
546 - CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
547 - CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
548 - CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
549 - CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
550 - CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
552 If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
553 setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
554 environment variable will be unset.
559 The following cgitrc options supports a simple macro expansion feature,
560 where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similary
561 named environment variable:
568 Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
571 One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
572 can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
574 include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
576 The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
577 the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
587 # Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
591 # Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
592 clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
594 # Specify the css url
598 # Show extra links for each repository on the index page
602 # Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
603 enable-commit-graph=1
606 # Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
607 enable-log-filecount=1
610 # Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
611 enable-log-linecount=1
622 # Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
626 # Set the title and heading of the repository index page
627 root-title=example.com git repositories
630 # Set a subheading for the repository index page
631 root-desc=tracking the foobar development
634 # Include some more info about example.com on the index page
635 root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
638 # Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
639 snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
643 ## List of common mimetypes
646 mimetype.gif=image/gif
647 mimetype.html=text/html
648 mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
649 mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
650 mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
651 mimetype.png=image/png
652 mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
656 ## List of repositories.
657 ## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
658 ## displayed under a section heading
659 ## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
660 ## and included like this:
661 ## include=/etc/cgitrepos
666 repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
667 repo.desc=the master foo repository
668 repo.owner=fooman@example.com
669 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
673 repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
674 repo.desc=the bars for your foo
675 repo.owner=barman@example.com
676 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
679 # The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
684 repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
685 repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
688 repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
689 repo.desc=the wizard of foo
692 # Add some mirrored repositories
697 repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
702 repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
705 # Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
708 # Disable line-counts for this repo
709 repo.enable-log-linecount=0
711 # Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
718 Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
719 will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
721 robots=index # allow indexing
723 will generate the following html element:
725 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/>
731 Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
732 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>