NAME
gitweb - Git web interface (web frontend to Git repositories)SYNOPSIS
To get started with gitweb, run git-instaweb(1) from a Git repository. This would configure and start your web server, and run web browser pointing to gitweb.DESCRIPTION
Gitweb provides a web interface to Git repositories. Its features include:•Viewing multiple Git repositories with
common root.
•Browsing every revision of the
repository.
•Viewing the contents of files in the
repository at any revision.
•Viewing the revision log of branches,
history of files and directories, see what was changed when, by who.
•Viewing the blame/annotation details
of any file (if enabled).
•Generating RSS and Atom feeds of
commits, for any branch. The feeds are auto-discoverable in modern web
browsers.
•Viewing everything that was changed in
a revision, and step through revisions one at a time, viewing the history of
the repository.
•Finding commits which commit messages
matches given search term.
CONFIGURATION
Various aspects of gitweb’s behavior can be controlled through the configuration file gitweb_config.perl or /etc/gitweb.conf. See the gitweb.conf(5) for details.Repositories
Gitweb can show information from one or more Git repositories. These repositories have to be all on local filesystem, and have to share common repository root, i.e. be all under a single parent repository (but see also "Advanced web server setup" section, "Webserver configuration with multiple projects' root" subsection).our $projectroot = '/path/to/parent/directory';
Projects list file format
Instead of having gitweb find repositories by scanning filesystem starting from $projectroot, you can provide a pre-generated list of visible projects by setting $projects_list to point to a plain text file with a list of projects (with some additional info).•One record (for project / repository)
per line; does not support line continuation (newline escaping).
•Leading and trailing whitespace are
ignored.
•Whitespace separated fields; any run
of whitespace can be used as field separator (rules for Perl’s "
split(" ", $line)").
•Fields use modified URI encoding,
defined in RFC 3986, section 2.1 (Percent-Encoding), or rather "Query
string encoding" (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string#URL_encoding), the
difference being that SP (" ") can be encoded as "+" (and
therefore "+" has to be also percent-encoded).
Reserved characters are: "%" (used for encoding), "+" (can
be used to encode SPACE), all whitespace characters as defined in Perl,
including SP, TAB and LF, (used to separate fields in a record).
•Currently recognized fields are:
<repository path>
path to repository GIT_DIR, relative to
$projectroot
<repository owner>
displayed as repository owner, preferably full
name, or email, or both
foo.git Joe+R+Hacker+<[email protected]> foo/bar.git O+W+Ner+<[email protected]>
Generating projects list using gitweb
We assume that GITWEB_CONFIG has its default Makefile value, namely gitweb_config.perl. Put the following in gitweb_make_index.perl file:read_config_file("gitweb_config.perl"); $projects_list = $projectroot;
#!/bin/sh export GITWEB_CONFIG="gitweb_make_index.perl" export GATEWAY_INTERFACE="CGI/1.1" export HTTP_ACCEPT="*/*" export REQUEST_METHOD="GET" export QUERY_STRING="a=project_index" perl -- /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
Controlling access to Git repositories
By default all Git repositories under $projectroot are visible and available to gitweb. You can however configure how gitweb controls access to repositories.•As described in "Projects list
file format" section, you can control which projects are visible
by selectively including repositories in projects list file, and setting
$projects_list gitweb configuration variable to point to it. With
$strict_export set, projects list file can be used to control which
repositories are available as well.
•You can configure gitweb to only list
and allow viewing of the explicitly exported repositories, via
$export_ok variable in gitweb config file; see gitweb.conf(5)
manpage. If it evaluates to true, gitweb shows repositories only if this file
named by $export_ok exists in its object database (if directory has the
magic file named $export_ok).
For example git-daemon(1) by default (unless --export-all option
is used) allows pulling only for those repositories that have
git-daemon-export-ok file. Adding
makes gitweb show and allow access only to those repositories that can be
fetched from via git:// protocol.
our $export_ok = "git-daemon-export-ok";
•Finally, it is possible to specify an
arbitrary perl subroutine that will be called for each repository to determine
if it can be exported. The subroutine receives an absolute path to the project
(repository) as its only parameter (i.e. "$projectroot/$project").
For example, if you use mod_perl to run the script, and have dumb HTTP protocol
authentication configured for your repositories, you can use the following
hook to allow access only if the user is authorized to read the files:
$export_auth_hook = sub { use Apache2::SubRequest (); use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(HTTP_OK); my $path = "$_[0]/HEAD"; my $r = Apache2::RequestUtil->request; my $sub = $r->lookup_file($path); return $sub->filename eq $path && $sub->status == Apache2::Const::HTTP_OK; };
Per-repository gitweb configuration
You can configure individual repositories shown in gitweb by creating file in the GIT_DIR of Git repository, or by setting some repo configuration variable (in GIT_DIR/config, see git-config(1)).A html file (HTML fragment) which is included
on the gitweb project "summary" page inside <div> block
element. You can use it for longer description of a project, to provide links
(for example to project’s homepage), etc. This is recognized only if
XSS prevention is off ( $prevent_xss is false, see
gitweb.conf(5)); a way to include a README safely when XSS prevention
is on may be worked out in the future.
description (or gitweb.description)
Short (shortened to
$projects_list_description_width in the projects list page, which is 25
characters by default; see gitweb.conf(5)) single line description of a
project (of a repository). Plain text file; HTML will be escaped. By default
set to
from the template during repository creation, usually installed in
/usr/share/git-core/templates/. You can use the
gitweb.description repo configuration variable, but the file takes
precedence.
category (or gitweb.category)
Unnamed repository; edit this file to name it for gitweb.
Singe line category of a project, used to
group projects if $projects_list_group_categories is enabled. By
default (file and configuration variable absent), uncategorized projects are
put in the $project_list_default_category category. You can use the
gitweb.category repo configuration variable, but the file takes
precedence.
The configuration variables $projects_list_group_categories and
$project_list_default_category are described in
gitweb.conf(5)
cloneurl (or multiple-valued gitweb.url)
File with repository URL (used for clone and
fetch), one per line. Displayed in the project summary page. You can use
multiple-valued gitweb.url repository configuration variable for that,
but the file takes precedence.
This is per-repository enhancement / version of global prefix-based
@git_base_url_list gitweb configuration variable (see
gitweb.conf(5)).
gitweb.owner
You can use the gitweb.owner repository
configuration variable to set repository’s owner. It is displayed in
the project list and summary page.
If it’s not set, filesystem directory’s owner is used (via GECOS
field, i.e. real name field from getpwuid(3)) if $projects_list
is unset (gitweb scans $projectroot for repositories); if
$projects_list points to file with list of repositories, then project
owner defaults to value from this file for given repository.
various gitweb.* config variables (in config)
Read description of %feature hash for
detailed list, and descriptions. See also "Configuring gitweb
features" section in gitweb.conf(5)
ACTIONS, AND URLS
Gitweb can use path_info (component) based URLs, or it can pass all necessary information via query parameters. The typical gitweb URLs are broken down in to five components:.../gitweb.cgi/<repo>/<action>/<revision>:/<path>?<arguments>
The repository the action will be performed
on.
All actions except for those that list all available projects, in whatever form,
require this parameter.
action
The action that will be run. Defaults to
projects_list if repo is not set, and to summary
otherwise.
revision
Revision shown. Defaults to HEAD.
path
The path within the <repository> that
the action is performed on, for those actions that require it.
arguments
Any arguments that control the behaviour of
the action.
.../gitweb.cgi/<repo>/<action>/<revision_from>:/<path_from>..<revision_to>:/<path_to>?<arguments>
$feature{'blame'}{'default'} = [1];
Actions:
The standard actions are: project_listLists the available Git repositories. This is
the default command if no repository is specified in the URL.
summary
Displays summary about given repository. This
is the default command if no action is specified in URL, and only repository
is specified.
heads, remotes
Lists all local or all remote-tracking
branches in given repository.
The latter is not available by default, unless configured.
tags
List all tags (lightweight and annotated) in
given repository.
blob, tree
Shows the files and directories in a given
repository path, at given revision. This is default command if no action is
specified in the URL, and path is given.
blob_plain
Returns the raw data for the file in given
repository, at given path and revision. Links to this action are marked
raw.
blobdiff
Shows the difference between two revisions of
the same file.
blame, blame_incremental
Shows the blame (also called annotation)
information for a file. On a per line basis it shows the revision in which
that line was last changed and the user that committed the change. The
incremental version (which if configured is used automatically when JavaScript
is enabled) uses Ajax to incrementally add blame info to the contents of given
file.
This action is disabled by default for performance reasons.
commit, commitdiff
Shows information about a specific commit in a
repository. The commit view shows information about commit in more
detail, the commitdiff action shows changeset for given commit.
patch
Returns the commit in plain text mail format,
suitable for applying with git-am(1).
tag
Display specific annotated tag (tag
object).
log, shortlog
Shows log information (commit message or just
commit subject) for a given branch (starting from given revision).
The shortlog view is more compact; it shows one commit per line.
history
Shows history of the file or directory in a
given repository path, starting from given revision (defaults to HEAD, i.e.
default branch).
This view is similar to shortlog view.
rss, atom
Generates an RSS (or Atom) feed of changes to
repository.
WEBSERVER CONFIGURATION
This section explains how to configure some common webservers to run gitweb. In all cases, /path/to/gitweb in the examples is the directory you ran installed gitweb in, and contains gitweb_config.perl.Apache as CGI
Apache must be configured to support CGI scripts in the directory in which gitweb is installed. Let’s assume that it is /var/www/cgi-bin directory.ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/" <Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin"> Options Indexes FollowSymlinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
http://server/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
Apache with mod_perl, via ModPerl::Registry
You can use mod_perl with gitweb. You must install Apache::Registry (for mod_perl 1.x) or ModPerl::Registry (for mod_perl 2.x) to enable this support.Alias /perl "/var/www/perl" <Directory "/var/www/perl"> SetHandler perl-script PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry PerlOptions +ParseHeaders Options Indexes FollowSymlinks +ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
http://server/perl/gitweb.cgi
Apache with FastCGI
Gitweb works with Apache and FastCGI. First you need to rename, copy or symlink gitweb.cgi to gitweb.fcgi. Let’s assume that gitweb is installed in /usr/share/gitweb directory. The following Apache configuration is suitable (UNTESTED!)FastCgiServer /usr/share/gitweb/gitweb.cgi ScriptAlias /gitweb /usr/share/gitweb/gitweb.cgi Alias /gitweb/static /usr/share/gitweb/static <Directory /usr/share/gitweb/static> SetHandler default-handler </Directory>
http://server/gitweb
ADVANCED WEB SERVER SETUP
All of those examples use request rewriting, and need mod_rewrite (or equivalent; examples below are written for Apache).Single URL for gitweb and for fetching
If you want to have one URL for both gitweb and your http:// repositories, you can configure Apache like this:<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName git.example.org DocumentRoot /pub/git SetEnv GITWEB_CONFIG /etc/gitweb.conf # turning on mod rewrite RewriteEngine on # make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi # make access for "dumb clients" work RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(HEAD|info|objects|refs)).*)?$ \ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] </VirtualHost>
@stylesheets = ("/some/absolute/path/gitweb.css"); $my_uri = "/"; $home_link = "/"; $per_request_config = 1;
Webserver configuration with multiple projects' root
If you want to use gitweb with several project roots you can edit your Apache virtual host and gitweb configuration files in the following way.<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName git.example.org DocumentRoot /pub/git SetEnv GITWEB_CONFIG /etc/gitweb.conf # turning on mod rewrite RewriteEngine on # make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi [QSA,L,PT] # look for a public_git directory in unix users' home # http://git.example.org/~<user>/ RewriteRule ^/\~([^\/]+)(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \ [QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/home/$1/public_git/,L,PT] # http://git.example.org/+<user>/ #RewriteRule ^/\+([^\/]+)(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \ [QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/home/$1/public_git/,L,PT] # http://git.example.org/user/<user>/ #RewriteRule ^/user/([^\/]+)/(gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \ [QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/home/$1/public_git/,L,PT] # defined list of project roots RewriteRule ^/scm(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \ [QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/pub/scm/,L,PT] RewriteRule ^/var(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \ [QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/var/git/,L,PT] # make access for "dumb clients" work RewriteRule ^/(.*\.git/(?!/?(HEAD|info|objects|refs)).*)?$ \ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi%{REQUEST_URI} [L,PT] </VirtualHost>
$projectroot = $ENV{'GITWEB_PROJECTROOT'} || "/pub/git";
http://git.example.org/~<user>/
PATH_INFO usage
If you enable PATH_INFO usage in gitweb by putting$feature{'pathinfo'}{'default'} = [1];
http://git.example.com/project.git/shortlog/sometag
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAlias git.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb <Directory /var/www/gitweb> Options ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script cgi DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.* /gitweb.cgi/$0 [L,PT] </Directory> </VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAlias git.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)?$ /pub/git$1$3 <Directory /var/www/gitweb> Options ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script cgi DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.* /gitweb.cgi/$0 [L,PT] </Directory> </VirtualHost>
http://git.example.com/project.git
http://git.example.com/project
http://git.example.com/project/command/abranch..git/abranch
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to [email protected][1], putting "gitweb" in the subject of email.SEE ALSO
gitweb.conf(5), git-instaweb(1)GIT
Part of the git(1) suiteNOTES
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02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |