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2:man manual: cgit
3
4CGITRC(5)
5========
6
7
8NAME
9----
10cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit
11
12
13SYNOPSIS
14--------
15Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git
16repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank
17lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
18
19
20LOCATION
21--------
22The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At
23runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if
24defined, use its value instead.
25
26
27GLOBAL SETTINGS
28---------------
29about-filter::
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".
35
36agefile::
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".
42
43branch-sort::
44 Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
45 list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
46 value: "name".
47
48cache-root::
49 Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
50 "/var/cache/cgit". See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
51
52cache-dynamic-ttl::
53 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
54 version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Default
55 value: "5".
56
57cache-repo-ttl::
58 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
59 version of the repository summary page. Default value: "5".
60
61cache-root-ttl::
62 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
63 version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
64
65cache-scanrc-ttl::
66 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
67 of scanning a path for git repositories. Default value: "15".
68
69cache-size::
70 The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
71 (i.e. caching is disabled).
72
73cache-static-ttl::
74 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
75 version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value:
76 "5".
77
78case-sensitive-sort::
79 Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1".
80 See also: repository-sort, section-sort.
81
82clone-prefix::
83 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
84 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
85 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
86 none.
87
88clone-url::
89 Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
90 used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
91 also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
92
93commit-filter::
94 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
95 The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
96 command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
97 be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
98 See also: "FILTER API".
99
100commit-sort::
101 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
102 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
103 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
104 value: unset.
105
106css::
107 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
108 Default value: "/cgit.css".
109
110embedded::
111 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
112 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
113 also: "noheader".
114
115enable-commit-graph::
116 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
117 history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
118 log page. Default value: "0".
119
120enable-filter-overrides::
121 Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
122 overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
123
124enable-http-clone::
125 If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
126 If you use an alternate way of serving git repositories, you may wish
127 to disable this. Default value: "1".
128
129enable-index-links::
130 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
131 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
132 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
133
134enable-index-owner::
135 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display the owner of
136 each repo in the repository index. Default value: "1".
137
138enable-log-filecount::
139 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
140 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
141 value: "0".
142
143enable-log-linecount::
144 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
145 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
146 value: "0".
147
148enable-remote-branches::
149 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
150 in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
151 "repo.enable-remote-branches".
152
153enable-subject-links::
154 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
155 parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
156 in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
157 "repo.enable-subject-links".
158
159enable-tree-linenumbers::
160 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
161 for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
162
163enable-git-config::
164 Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to use git config to set
165 any repo specific settings. This option is used in conjunction with
166 "scan-path" to augment repo-specific settings. The keys gitweb.owner,
167 gitweb.category, and gitweb.description will map to the cgit keys
168 repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc, respectivly. All git config
169 keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped to the corresponding "repo."
170 key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path, section-from-path.
171
172favicon::
173 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is
174 suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will
175 ignore other values. Default value: none.
176
177footer::
178 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
179 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
180 "generated by..." message. Default value: none.
181
182head-include::
183 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
184 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
185
186header::
187 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
188 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
189
190include::
191 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
192 file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
193
194index-header::
195 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
196 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and
197 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default
198 value: none.
199
200index-info::
201 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
202 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting
203 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc
204 instead). Default value: none.
205
206local-time::
207 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
208 servers timezone. Default value: "0".
209
210logo::
211 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
212 on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
213
214logo-link::
215 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
216 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
217 value: none.
218
219max-atom-items::
220 Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
221 value: "10".
222
223max-commit-count::
224 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
225 value: "50".
226
227max-message-length::
228 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
229 "log" view. Default value: "80".
230
231max-repo-count::
232 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the repository
233 index page. Default value: "50".
234
235max-repodesc-length::
236 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
237 on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
238
239max-blob-size::
240 Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
241 Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
242
243max-stats::
244 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
245 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
246 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
247
248mimetype.<ext>::
249 Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
250 by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
251
252mimetype-file::
253 Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
254 then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
255 found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
256 to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. The format of the file must
257 comply to:
258 - a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
259 optionally preceded by whitespace
260 - a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
261 by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
262 Default value: none. See also: "mimetype.<ext>".
263
264module-link::
265 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
266 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
267 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
268 value: none.
269
270nocache::
271 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
272 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
273 value: "0".
274
275noplainemail::
276 If set to "1" showing full author email adresses will be disabled.
277 Default value: "0".
278
279noheader::
280 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
281 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
282
283project-list::
284 A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
285 should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
286 scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
287 EXPANSION".
288
289readme::
290 Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
291 value: none.
292
293remove-suffix::
294 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
295 with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
296 name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
297
298renamelimit::
299 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
300 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
301 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
302
303repo.group::
304 Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
305 supported in cgit-1.0.
306
307repository-sort::
308 The way in which repositories in each section are sorted. Valid values
309 are "name" for sorting by the repo name or "age" for sorting by the
310 most recently updated repository. Default value: "name". See also:
311 section, case-sensitive-sort, section-sort.
312
313robots::
314 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
315 "index, nofollow".
316
317root-desc::
318 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
319 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
320
321root-readme::
322 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
323 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
324 value: none.
325
326root-title::
327 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
328 "Git Repository Browser".
329
330scan-hidden-path::
331 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
332 directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
333 scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
334 "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
335 non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
336 Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
337
338scan-path::
339 A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
340 the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
341 directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
342 scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
343 project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
344 before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
345 Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
346 "MACRO EXPANSION".
347
348section::
349 The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
350 after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
351 none.
352
353section-sort::
354 Flag which, when set to "1", will sort the sections on the repository
355 listing by name. Set this flag to "0" if the order in the cgitrc file should
356 be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section,
357 case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort.
358
359section-from-path::
360 A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many
361 path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
362 If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
363 above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
364
365side-by-side-diffs::
366 If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
367 default. Default value: "0".
368
369snapshots::
370 Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by
371 cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the
372 values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip". Default value:
373 none.
374
375source-filter::
376 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
377 in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
378 and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
379 from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
380 this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
381 none. See also: "FILTER API".
382
383summary-branches::
384 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
385 view. Default value: "10".
386
387summary-log::
388 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
389 "summary" view. Default value: "10".
390
391summary-tags::
392 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
393 view. Default value: "10".
394
395strict-export::
396 Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
397 for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
398 gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
399 repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come
400 before 'scan-path'.
401
402virtual-root::
403 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
404 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
405 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
406 value: none.
407 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
408 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
409
410
411REPOSITORY SETTINGS
412-------------------
413repo.about-filter::
414 Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
415 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
416
417repo.branch-sort::
418 Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
419 list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
420 value: "name".
421
422repo.clone-url::
423 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
424 Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
425
426repo.commit-filter::
427 Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
428 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
429
430repo.commit-sort::
431 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
432 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
433 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
434 value: unset.
435
436repo.defbranch::
437 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
438 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
439 as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
440 "master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
441
442repo.desc::
443 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
444
445repo.enable-commit-graph::
446 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
447 `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
448
449repo.enable-log-filecount::
450 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
451 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
452
453repo.enable-log-linecount::
454 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
455 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
456
457repo.enable-remote-branches::
458 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
459 in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
460
461repo.enable-subject-links::
462 A flag which can be used to override the global setting
463 `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
464
465repo.logo::
466 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
467 on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
468
469repo.logo-link::
470 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
471 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
472 value: global logo-link.
473
474repo.module-link::
475 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
476 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
477 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
478 value: <module-link>
479
480repo.module-link.<path>::
481 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
482 submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
483 directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
484 of the submodule commit. Default value: none.
485
486repo.max-stats::
487 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
488 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
489 value: none.
490
491repo.name::
492 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
493
494repo.owner::
495 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
496 none.
497
498repo.path::
499 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
500 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
501
502repo.readme::
503 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
504 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
505 git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
506 a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
507
508repo.snapshots::
509 A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
510 "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
511
512repo.section::
513 Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
514 none.
515
516repo.source-filter::
517 Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
518 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
519
520repo.url::
521 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
522 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
523
524
525REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
526-------------------------------
527When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
528will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
529repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
530described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
531options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
532"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
533
534Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
535config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
536
537
538FILTER API
539----------
540about filter::
541 This filter is given no arguments. The about text that is to be
542 filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
543 expected on standard output.
544
545commit filter::
546 This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
547 be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
548 expected on standard output.
549
550source filter::
551 This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
552 file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
553 example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
554 file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
555 filtered contents is expected on standard output.
556
557Also, all filters are handed the following environment variables:
558
559- CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
560- CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
561- CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
562- CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
563- CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
564- CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
565- CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
566
567If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
568setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
569environment variable will be unset.
570
571
572MACRO EXPANSION
573---------------
574The following cgitrc options supports a simple macro expansion feature,
575where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similary
576named environment variable:
577
578- cache-root
579- include
580- project-list
581- scan-path
582
583Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
584defined.
585
586One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
587can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
588
589 include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
590
591The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
592the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
593
594- clone-url
595- repo.clone-url
596
597
598EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
599-------------------
600
601....
602# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
603cache-size=1000
604
605
606# Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
607clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
608
609# Specify the css url
610css=/css/cgit.css
611
612
613# Show extra links for each repository on the index page
614enable-index-links=1
615
616
617# Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
618enable-commit-graph=1
619
620
621# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
622enable-log-filecount=1
623
624
625# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
626enable-log-linecount=1
627
628
629# Add a cgit favicon
630favicon=/favicon.ico
631
632
633# Use a custom logo
634logo=/img/mylogo.png
635
636
637# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
638max-stats=quarter
639
640
641# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
642root-title=example.com git repositories
643
644
645# Set a subheading for the repository index page
646root-desc=tracking the foobar development
647
648
649# Include some more info about example.com on the index page
650root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
651
652
653# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
654snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
655
656
657##
658## List of common mimetypes
659##
660
661mimetype.gif=image/gif
662mimetype.html=text/html
663mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
664mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
665mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
666mimetype.png=image/png
667mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
668
669
670##
671## List of repositories.
672## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
673## displayed under a section heading
674## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
675## and included like this:
676## include=/etc/cgitrepos
677##
678
679
680repo.url=foo
681repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
682repo.desc=the master foo repository
683repo.owner=fooman@example.com
684repo.readme=info/web/about.html
685
686
687repo.url=bar
688repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
689repo.desc=the bars for your foo
690repo.owner=barman@example.com
691repo.readme=info/web/about.html
692
693
694# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
695section=extras
696
697
698repo.url=baz
699repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
700repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
701
702repo.url=wiz
703repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
704repo.desc=the wizard of foo
705
706
707# Add some mirrored repositories
708section=mirrors
709
710
711repo.url=git
712repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
713repo.desc=the dscm
714
715
716repo.url=linux
717repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
718repo.desc=the kernel
719
720# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
721repo.snapshots=0
722
723# Disable line-counts for this repo
724repo.enable-log-linecount=0
725
726# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
727repo.max-stats=month
728....
729
730
731BUGS
732----
733Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
734will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
735
736 robots=index # allow indexing
737
738will generate the following html element:
739
740 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/>
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744AUTHOR
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746Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
747Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>