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diff --git a/README b/README index 17e284e..a14418e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,20 +8,36 @@ builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure. Installation -$ $EDITOR Makefile -$ make -$ sudo make install + $ make gitsrc=<path> + $ su + $ make prefix=<path> install -Note: cgit requires the git and xdiff libraries. Currently, the makefile -expects these files to be found in '../git/libgit.a' and '../git/xdiff/lib.a', -where they will be if you have built git from source in a parallell directory. + +Default value for gitsrc is "../git", and this directory should contain the +git sources. + +Default value for prefix is "/var/www/htdocs/cgit". This directory will +contain "cgit.cgi" and "cgit.css" after 'make install'. + +After installation, httpd.conf probably must be updated with a Directory- +section for cgit, possibly something like this: + + <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cgit/"> + AllowOverride None + Options ExecCGI + Order allow,deny + Allow from all + </Directory> Runtime configuration -The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. A template -cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default values -can be found in this file. +The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. In addition +to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories +displayed by cgit. + +A template cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default +values are documented in this file. The cache |