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
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
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
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
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
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.
+ scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
+ EXPANSION".
readme::
Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
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.
+ 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.
+ above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
side-by-side-diffs::
If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
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:
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.
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
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.
+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 ( = repo.url setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_NAME ( = repo.name setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_PATH ( = repo.path setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_OWNER ( = repo.owner setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH ( = repo.defbranch setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_SECTION ( = section setting )
-- CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL ( = repo.clone-url setting )
+
+- 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 an empty string.
+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":
-Note that under normal circumstance all these environment variables are
-defined. If however the total size of the defined settings exceed the
-allocated buffer within cgit then only the environment variables that fit
-in the allocated buffer are handed to the filter.
+- clone-url
+- repo.clone-url
EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
cache-size=1000
-# Specify some default clone prefixes
-clone-prefix=git://example.com ssh://example.com/pub/git http://example.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