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[PATCHv5 1/3] gitweb: make static files accessible with PATH_INFO

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Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2009, 01:31 UTC
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Gitweb links to a number of static files such as CSS stylesheets, favicon or the git logo. When, such as with the default Makefile, the paths to these files are relative (i.e. doesn't start with a "/"), the files become inaccessible in any view other tha project list and summary page if gitweb is invoked with a non-empty PATH_INFO.

Fix this by adding a <base> element pointing to the script's own URL, which ensure that all relative paths will be resolved correctly.

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
---
 gitweb/gitweb.perl |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 931db4f..538bd5a 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2901,6 +2901,11 @@ sub git_header_html {
 <meta name="robots" content="index, nofollow"/>
 <title>$title</title>
 EOF
+# the stylesheet, favicon etc urls won't work correctly with path_info unless we
+# set the appropriate base URL
+	if ($ENV{'PATH_INFO'}) {
+		print '<base href="'.esc_url($my_url).'" />\n';
+	}
 # print out each stylesheet that exist
 	if (defined $stylesheet) {
 #provides backwards capability for those people who define style sheet in a config file
-- 
1.5.6.5
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  1. Giuseppe BilottaJan 31, 2009
  2. 1/3 gitweb: make static files accessible with PATH_INFOGiuseppe Bilotta, Jan 31, 2009
  3. 2/3 gitweb: webserver config for PATH_INFOGiuseppe Bilotta, Jan 31, 2009
  4. 3/3 gitweb: align comments to codeGiuseppe Bilotta, Jan 31, 2009
  5. 4/3 gitweb: Update README that gitweb works better with PATH_INFOJakub Narebski, Feb 1, 2009
  6. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2009

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