+:man source: cgit
+:man manual: cgit
+
CGITRC(5)
========
lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
+LOCATION
+--------
+The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At
+runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if
+defined, use its value instead.
+
+
GLOBAL SETTINGS
---------------
+about-filter::
+ Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the content of
+ about pages (both top-level and for each repository). The command will
+ get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
+ command will be included verbatim on the about page. Default value:
+ none. See also: "FILTER API".
+
agefile::
Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used
to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository.
cache-root::
Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
- "/var/cache/cgit".
+ "/var/cache/cgit". See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
cache-dynamic-ttl::
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
+cache-scanrc-ttl::
+ Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
+ of scanning a path for git repositories. Default value: "15".
+
cache-size::
The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
(i.e. caching is disabled).
version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value:
"5".
+case-sensitive-sort::
+ Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1".
+ See also: section-sort.
+
clone-prefix::
Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
none.
+clone-url::
+ Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
+ used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
+ also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
+
+commit-filter::
+ Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
+ The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
+ command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
+ be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
+ See also: "FILTER API".
+
css::
Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
Default value: "/cgit.css".
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
also: "noheader".
-
+
+enable-commit-graph::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
+ history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
+ log page. Default value: "0".
+
+enable-filter-overrides::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
+ overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
+
+enable-gitweb-desc::
+ If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, we first check each repository
+ for the git config value "gitweb.description" to determine the owner.
+ Otherwise, the description is read from a file titled "description"
+ inside of the repository directory.
+ Default value: "1". See also: scan-path.
+
+enable-gitweb-owner::
+ If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, we first check each repository
+ for the git config value "gitweb.owner" to determine the owner.
+ Default value: "1". See also: scan-path.
+
+enable-gitweb-section::
+ If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, we first check each repository
+ for the git config value "gitweb.category" to determine the repository's
+ section. This value is overridden if section-from-path is enabled.
+ Default value: "1". See also: scan-path section-from-path.
+
+enable-http-clone::
+ If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
+ If you use an alternate way of serving git repositories, you may wish
+ to disable this. Default value: "1".
+
enable-index-links::
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
value: "0".
+enable-remote-branches::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
+ in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
+ "repo.enable-remote-branches".
+
+enable-subject-links::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
+ parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
+ in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
+ "repo.enable-subject-links".
+
+enable-tree-linenumbers::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
+ for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
+
favicon::
Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is
suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will
include::
Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
- file is parsed. Default value: none.
+ file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
index-header::
The content of the file specified with this option will be included
logo::
Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
- on all cgit pages.
+ on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
logo-link::
Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
value: none.
+max-atom-items::
+ Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
+ value: "10".
+
max-commit-count::
Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
value: "50".
Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
+max-blob-size::
+ Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
+ Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
+
max-stats::
Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
"month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
+mimetype.<ext>::
+ Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
+ by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
+
+mimetype-file::
+ Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
+ then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
+ found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
+ to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. Default value: none. See
+ also: "mimetype.<ext>". The format of the file must comply to:
+ - a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
+ optionally preceded by whitespace
+ - a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
+ by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
+
module-link::
Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
- value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s"
+ value: none.
nocache::
If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
+project-list::
+ A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
+ should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
+ scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
+ EXPANSION".
+
+readme::
+ Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
+ value: none.
+
+remove-suffix::
+ If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
+ with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
+ name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
+
renamelimit::
Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
"-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
`man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
repo.group::
- A value for the current repository group, which all repositories
- specified after this setting will inherit. Default value: none.
+ Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
+ supported in cgit-1.0.
robots::
Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
"Git Repository Browser".
+scan-hidden-path::
+ If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
+ directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
+ scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
+ "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
+ non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
+ Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
+
+scan-path::
+ A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
+ the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
+ directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
+ scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
+ project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
+ before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
+ Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
+ "MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+section::
+ The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
+ after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
+ none.
+
+section-sort::
+ The way in which repositories in each section are sorted. Valid values
+ are "name" for sorting by the repo name or "age" for sorting by the
+ most recently updated repository. Default value: "name". See also:
+ section, case-sensitive-sort.
+
+section-from-path::
+ A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many
+ path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
+ If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
+ above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
+
+side-by-side-diffs::
+ If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
+ default. Default value: "0".
+
snapshots::
- Text which specifies the default (and allowed) set of snapshot formats
- supported by cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more
- of the following values:
- "tar" uncompressed tar-file
- "tar.gz" gzip-compressed tar-file
- "tar.bz2" bzip-compressed tar-file
- "zip" zip-file
- Default value: none.
+ Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by
+ cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the
+ values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip". Default value:
+ none.
+
+source-filter::
+ Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
+ in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
+ and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
+ from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
+ this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
+ none. See also: "FILTER API".
summary-branches::
Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
view. Default value: "10".
+strict-export::
+ Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
+ for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
+ gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
+ repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come
+ before 'scan-path'.
+
virtual-root::
Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
REPOSITORY SETTINGS
-------------------
+repo.about-filter::
+ Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+ "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
repo.clone-url::
A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
- Default value: none.
+ Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
+
+repo.commit-filter::
+ Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+ "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
repo.defbranch::
The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
- as default instead. Default value: "master".
+ as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
+ "master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
repo.desc::
The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
+repo.enable-commit-graph::
+ A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
+ `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
+
repo.enable-log-filecount::
A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
`enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
`enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
+repo.enable-remote-branches::
+ Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
+ in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
+
+repo.enable-subject-links::
+ A flag which can be used to override the global setting
+ `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
+
+repo.logo::
+ Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
+ on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
+
+repo.logo-link::
+ Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
+ calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
+ value: global logo-link.
+
+repo.module-link::
+ Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
+ submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
+ formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
+ value: <module-link>
+
+repo.module-link.<path>::
+ Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
+ submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
+ directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
+ of the submodule commit. Default value: none.
+
repo.max-stats::
Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
repo.readme::
A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
- verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. Default value: none.
+ verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
+ git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
+ a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
repo.snapshots::
A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
"snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
+repo.section::
+ Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
+ none.
+
+repo.source-filter::
+ Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+ "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
+
repo.url::
The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
+REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
+-------------------------------
+When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
+will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
+repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
+described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
+options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
+"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
+
+Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
+config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
+
+
+FILTER API
+----------
+about filter::
+ This filter is given no arguments. The about text that is to be
+ filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
+ expected on standard output.
+
+commit filter::
+ This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
+ be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
+ expected on standard output.
+
+source filter::
+ This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
+ file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
+ example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
+ file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
+ filtered contents is expected on standard output.
+
+Also, all filters are handed the following environment variables:
+
+- CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
+- CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
+- CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
+- CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
+- CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
+- CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
+- CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
+
+If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
+setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
+environment variable will be unset.
+
+
+MACRO EXPANSION
+---------------
+The following cgitrc options supports a simple macro expansion feature,
+where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similary
+named environment variable:
+
+- cache-root
+- include
+- project-list
+- scan-path
+
+Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
+defined.
+
+One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
+can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
+
+ include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
+
+The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
+the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
+
+- clone-url
+- repo.clone-url
+
+
EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
-------------------
cache-size=1000
-# Specify some default clone prefixes
-clone-prefix=git://foobar.com ssh://foobar.com/pub/git http://foobar.com/git
+# Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
+clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
# Specify the css url
css=/css/cgit.css
enable-index-links=1
+# Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
+enable-commit-graph=1
+
+
# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
enable-log-filecount=1
# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
-root-title=foobar.com git repositories
+root-title=example.com git repositories
# Set a subheading for the repository index page
root-desc=tracking the foobar development
-# Include some more info about foobar.com on the index page
+# Include some more info about example.com on the index page
root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
+##
+## List of common mimetypes
+##
+
+mimetype.gif=image/gif
+mimetype.html=text/html
+mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
+mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
+mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
+mimetype.png=image/png
+mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
+
+
##
## List of repositories.
-## PS: Any repositories listed when repo.group is unset will not be
-## displayed under a group heading
+## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
+## displayed under a section heading
## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
## and included like this:
## include=/etc/cgitrepos
repo.url=foo
repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
repo.desc=the master foo repository
-repo.owner=fooman@foobar.com
+repo.owner=fooman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html
repo.url=bar
repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
repo.desc=the bars for your foo
-repo.owner=barman@foobar.com
+repo.owner=barman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html
# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
-repo.group=extras
+section=extras
repo.url=baz
# Add some mirrored repositories
-repo.group=mirrors
+section=mirrors
repo.url=git
AUTHOR
------
Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
+Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
git.ckatri.com / cgit.git / blobdiff