1Frequently Asked Questions
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 4This is a compilation of frequently asked questions on the cgit mailing
 5list. If you've got a cgit problem and cannot find an answer here, please
 6send a request to cgit@lists.zx2c4.com (and consider sending a patch to the
 7cgit wiki branch to update this faq if you get a nice answer to your
 8question).
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10### Why doesn't cgit find/show my repo?
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12This is most likely due to permission problems: cgit runs under your
13webserver user account and will need read access to your repo (and all
14of the parent directories)
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17### Why does cgit complain that my repo is "Not a git repository"?
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19The most common cause of this is permission problems - see the previous
20faq entry for more details.
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22The second most common cause is that you've set repo.path to point at the
23working-directory of your git repo - it should point at the $GITDIR, i.e.
24the .git directory.
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26A less likely cause is that the repo is, infact, not a valid repo. Try
27to run 'git show' in the offending repo to see if git also thinks your
28repo has issues.