From dcf524b1968ee7715db26421c08a669408093ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "C. McEnroe" Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:11:40 -0400 Subject: Update cgit setup post with git-http-backend --- www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7 | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) (limited to 'www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7') diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7 b/www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7 index a779c104..44fb436a 100644 --- a/www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7 +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/007-cgit-setup.7 @@ -240,5 +240,32 @@ so that .Xr git-pull 1 continues to work on existing clones. . +.Ss Update: fast HTTPS clones +Someone pointed out that cloning my repos +over HTTPS was incredibly slow, +and this is because cgit only implements the +.Dq dumb +HTTP git transport. +To speed up cloning, +I send the URLs used by the +.Dq smart +HTTP transport to +.Xr git-http-backend 1 +instead: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +location ~ /.+/(info/refs|git-upload-pack) { + fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/slowcgi.sock; + fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend; + fastcgi_param GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL 1; + fastcgi_param GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/june/pub; + include fastcgi_params; +} +.Ed +. +.Pp +I factored out the FastCGI parameters +I'm using with cgit +to be included here as well. +. .Sh AUTHORS .An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency -- cgit 1.4.1