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Re: [RFC/PATCHv3 4/5] gitweb: Starting work on a man page for /etc/gitweb.conf (WIP)

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Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Date
Jun 7, 2011, 19:50 UTC
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On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 21:36 +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Anyway, because of backward compatibility (bug-compatible) we have to
> name new system-wide config file /etc/gitweb-common.conf, fallback config
> be at /etc/gitweb.conf, and per-instance config file gitweb_config.perl
> Note that these are only defaults; they can be overridden at build time
> (though you cannot change names of respective environmental variables).
> 
> Perhaps at some flag day (1.8.0 is probably to close) we can change it so
> that system-wide config file is /etc/gitweb.conf, per-instance config file
> (overriding system-wide settings) is gitweb_config.perl, and fallback
> system-installed config file used if per-instance config file does not
> exists is /etc/gitweb_config.perl

I would not have asked that such a large change happen any sooner than that.

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Message 20 of 23 in “[RFC/PATCHv3 0/5] Improving gitweb documentation, creating manpages”
  1. Jakub NarebskiJun 6, 2011
  2. 1/5 gitweb: Move information about installation from README to INSTALLJakub Narebski, Jun 6, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2011
  4. 2/5 gitweb: Describe CSSMIN and JSMIN in gitweb/INSTALLJakub Narebski, Jun 6, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2011
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 8, 2011
  7. 3/5 gitweb: Move "Requirements" up in gitweb/INSTALLJakub Narebski, Jun 6, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2011
  9. 4/5 gitweb: Starting work on a man page for /etc/gitweb.conf (WIP)Jakub Narebski, Jun 6, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2011
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 8, 2011
  13. Drew NorthupJun 7, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederJun 7, 2011
  15. Drew NorthupJun 7, 2011
  16. Jakub NarebskiJun 7, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2011
  18. Drew NorthupJun 7, 2011
  19. Jakub NarebskiJun 7, 2011
  20. Drew NorthupJun 7, 2011
  21. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2011
  22. Jakub NarebskiJun 8, 2011
  23. 5/5 gitweb: Starting work on a man page for gitweb (WIP)Jakub Narebski, Jun 6, 2011

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