X-Git-Url: https://git.cameronkatri.com/cgit.git/blobdiff_plain/cf152604c3e28810d7e4c4a67b9814ab3e401cb0..0f23d4651c80170574c0ab2f091c0718150631ce:/cgitrc.5.txt diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt index 633cb00..e21ece9 100644 --- a/cgitrc.5.txt +++ b/cgitrc.5.txt @@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ agefile:: hh:mm:ss". You may want to generate this file from a post-receive hook. Default value: "info/web/last-modified". +auth-filter:: + Specifies a command that will be invoked for authenticating repository + access. Receives quite a few arguments, and data on both stdin and + stdout for authentication processing. Details follow later in this + document. If no auth-filter is specified, no authentication is + performed. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API". + branch-sort:: Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default @@ -53,37 +60,41 @@ cache-root:: cache-static-ttl:: Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached - version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Negative - values have infinite ttl. Default value: -1". + version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. See also: + "CACHE". Default value: -1". cache-dynamic-ttl:: Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached - version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Negative - values have infinite ttl. Default value: "5". + version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. See also: + "CACHE". Default value: "5". cache-repo-ttl:: Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached - version of the repository summary page. Negative values have infinite - ttl. Default value: "5". + version of the repository summary page. See also: "CACHE". Default + value: "5". cache-root-ttl:: Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached - version of the repository index page. Negative values have infinite - ttl. Default value: "5". + version of the repository index page. See also: "CACHE". 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. Negative values have infinite - ttl. Default value: "15". + of scanning a path for git repositories. See also: "CACHE". Default + value: "15". cache-about-ttl:: Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached - version of the repository about page. Negative values have infinite - ttl. Default value: "15". + version of the repository about page. See also: "CACHE". Default + value: "15". + +cache-snapshot-ttl:: + Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached + version of snapshots. See also: "CACHE". Default value: "5". cache-size:: - The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0" - (i.e. caching is disabled). + The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. When set to "0", + caching is disabled. See also: "CACHE". Default value: "0" case-sensitive-sort:: Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1". @@ -117,6 +128,14 @@ css:: Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.css". +email-filter:: + Specifies a command which will be invoked to format names and email + address of committers, authors, and taggers, as represented in various + places throughout the cgit interface. This command will receive an + email address and an origin page string as its command line arguments, + and the text to format on STDIN. It is to write the formatted text back + out onto STDOUT. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API". + embedded:: Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See @@ -133,8 +152,9 @@ enable-filter-overrides:: 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". + You can add "http://$HTTP_HOST$SCRIPT_NAME/$CGIT_REPO_URL" to clone-url + to expose this feature. 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 @@ -176,7 +196,7 @@ enable-git-config:: "scan-path", and must be defined prior, to augment repo-specific settings. The keys gitweb.owner, gitweb.category, and gitweb.description will map to the cgit keys repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc, - respectivly. All git config keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped + respectively. All git config keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped to the corresponding "repo." key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path, section-from-path. @@ -227,6 +247,15 @@ logo-link:: calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default value: none. +owner-filter:: + Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the Owner + column of the main page. The command will get the owner on STDIN, + and the STDOUT from the command will be included verbatim in the + table. This can be used to link to additional context such as an + owners home page. When active this filter is used instead of the + default owner query url. Default value: none. + See also: "FILTER API". + max-atom-items:: Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default value: "10". @@ -381,10 +410,10 @@ side-by-side-diffs:: default. Default value: "0". snapshots:: - 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. + Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats that cgit + generates links for. 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 @@ -456,6 +485,10 @@ repo.defbranch:: repo.desc:: The value to show as repository description. Default value: none. +repo.email-filter:: + Override the default email-filter. Default value: none. See also: + "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API". + repo.enable-commit-graph:: A flag which can be used to disable the global setting `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none. @@ -476,6 +509,16 @@ repo.enable-subject-links:: A flag which can be used to override the global setting `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none. +repo.hide:: + Flag which, when set to "1", hides the repository from the repository + index. The repository can still be accessed by providing a direct path. + Default value: "0". See also: "repo.ignore". + +repo.ignore:: + Flag which, when set to "1", ignores the repository. The repository + is not shown in the index and cannot be accessed by providing a direct + path. Default value: "0". See also: "repo.hide". + 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. @@ -485,6 +528,10 @@ repo.logo-link:: calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default value: global logo-link. +repo.owner-filter:: + Override the default owner-filter. Default value: none. See also: + "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API". + 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 @@ -525,8 +572,9 @@ repo.readme:: file. Default value: . repo.snapshots:: - A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the - "snapshots" global setting. Default value: . + A mask of snapshot formats for this repo that cgit generates links for, + restricted by the global "snapshots" setting. Default value: + . repo.section:: Override the current section name for this repository. Default value: @@ -556,6 +604,47 @@ config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc". FILTER API ---------- +By default, filters are separate processes that are executed each time they +are needed. Alternative technologies may be used by prefixing the filter +specification with the relevant string; available values are: + +'exec:':: + The default "one process per filter" mode. + +'lua:':: + Executes the script using a built-in Lua interpreter. The script is + loaded once per execution of cgit, and may be called multiple times + during cgit's lifetime, making it a good choice for repeated filters + such as the 'email filter'. It responds to three functions: + + 'filter_open(argument1, argument2, argument3, ...)':: + This is called upon activation of the filter for a particular + set of data. + 'filter_write(buffer)':: + This is called whenever cgit writes data to the webpage. + 'filter_close()':: + This is called when the current filtering operation is + completed. It must return an integer value. Usually 0 + indicates success. + + Additionally, cgit exposes to the Lua the following built-in functions: + + 'html(str)':: + Writes 'str' to the webpage. + 'html_txt(str)':: + HTML escapes and writes 'str' to the webpage. + 'html_attr(str)':: + HTML escapes for an attribute and writes "str' to the webpage. + 'html_url_path(str)':: + URL escapes for a path and writes 'str' to the webpage. + 'html_url_arg(str)':: + URL escapes for an argument and writes 'str' to the webpage. + 'html_include(file)':: + Includes 'file' in webpage. + + +Parameters are provided to filters as follows. + about 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 @@ -568,6 +657,18 @@ commit filter:: be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is expected on standard output. +email filter:: + This filter is given two parameters: the email address of the relevent + author and a string indicating the originating page. The filter will + then receive the text string to format on standard input and is + expected to write to standard output the formatted text to be included + in the page. + +owner filter:: + This filter is given no arguments. The owner text is avilable on + standard input and the filter is expected to write to standard + output. The output is included in the Owner column. + 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 @@ -575,7 +676,34 @@ source filter:: 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: +auth filter:: + The authentication filter receives 12 parameters: + - filter action, explained below, which specifies which action the + filter is called for + - http cookie + - http method + - http referer + - http path + - http https flag + - cgit repo + - cgit page + - cgit url + - cgit login url + When the filter action is "body", this filter must write to output the + HTML for displaying the login form, which POSTs to the login url. When + the filter action is "authenticate-cookie", this filter must validate + the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid, + in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is + "authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on + standard input, and should write a complete CGI response, preferably + with a 302 redirect, and write to output one or more "Set-Cookie" + HTTP headers, each followed by a newline. + + Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example + script that may be modified. + + +All filters are handed the following environment variables: - CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url) - CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name) @@ -592,8 +720,8 @@ 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 +The following cgitrc options support a simple macro expansion feature, +where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similarly named environment variable: - cache-root @@ -616,11 +744,21 @@ the environment variables defined in "FILTER API": - repo.clone-url +CACHE +------ + +All cache ttl values are in minutes. Negative ttl values indicate that a page +type will never expire, and thus the first time a URL is accessed, the result +will be cached indefinitely, even if the underlying git repository changes. +Conversely, when a ttl value is zero, the cache is disabled for that +particular page type, and the page type is never cached. + + EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE ------------------- .... -# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess +# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entries cache-size=1000 @@ -636,7 +774,7 @@ enable-index-owner=1 # Allow http transport git clone -enable-git-clone=1 +enable-http-clone=1 # Show extra links for each repository on the index page @@ -700,7 +838,7 @@ mimetype.png=image/png mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml -# Highlight source code with python pygments-based highligher +# Highlight source code with python pygments-based highlighter source-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.py # Format markdown, restructuredtext, manpages, text files, and html files