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