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Re: [PATCH GSoC 2/3] git-instaweb: Configure it to work with a global server root and projects list

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EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
May 18, 2010, 22:54 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Second, in my opinion it is not a good change at all.  Currently you
> can run "git instaweb" when inside git repository, and get a web
> browser (or a new tab in existing session of a running web browser)
> with current repository in it, to browse its history.  It is similar
> to running gitk (or other graphical history browser, like qgit, tig,
> etc.), or running "git log", but with web interface.
> 
> Now, current git-instaweb behavior has its quirks, but having
> git-instaweb show _current_ repository is a very important feature,
> and I'd rather we didn't lose it in transition.

I agree completely with Jakub here. My original inspiration for instaweb was being able to make local commits, fire up instaweb in my working directory, and then to get a non-git-using cow-orker on my LAN to review some changes before I pushed them upstream.

I'm no longer in a situation with non-git-using cow-orkers anymore, but I suspect many folks still are.

-- 
Eric Wong
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Message 10 of 12 in “[PATCHv2 GSoC 1/3] gitweb: Set default destination directory for installing gitweb in Makefile”
  1. Pavan Kumar SunkaraMay 15, 2010
  2. 2/3 git-instaweb: Configure it to work with a global server root and projects listPavan Kumar Sunkara, May 15, 2010
  3. Dévai TamásMay 16, 2010
  4. Pavan Kumar SunkaraMay 17, 2010
  5. Jakub NarebskiMay 18, 2010
  6. Pavan Kumar SunkaraMay 18, 2010
  7. Jakub NarebskiMay 18, 2010
  8. Pavan Kumar SunkaraMay 19, 2010
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 19, 2010
  10. Eric WongMay 18, 2010
  11. 3/3 git-web--browse: Add support for google chromePavan Kumar Sunkara, May 15, 2010
  12. Erik Faye-LundMay 16, 2010

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