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[PATCH] gitweb: More about how gitweb gets 'owner' of repository

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 26, 2008, 23:23 UTC
Message-ID
<20080726232316.23589.62384.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
---
Just an improvement in gitweb documentation...
 gitweb/README |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
index 6908036..825162a 100644
--- a/gitweb/README
+++ b/gitweb/README
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ You can use the following files in repository:
  * 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.
+   page. If it's not set, filesystem directory's owner is used
+   (via GECOS field / real name field from getpwiud(3)).
  * various gitweb.* config variables (in config)
    Read description of %feature hash for detailed list, and some
    descriptions.
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  1. gitweb: More about how gitweb gets 'owner' of repositoryJakub Narebski, Jul 26, 2008
  2. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008

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