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Re: gitweb: false base href sent when integrated via reverse proxy and path_info is active

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 28, 2010, 16:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20101128162720.GB18335@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20101128081048.13668.67286.reportbug@sb74.startrek>
Hi Jakub et al,
Daniel Reichelt wrote[1]:
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> I just noticed that integrating gitweb via reverse proxy is impossible when
> path_info is enabled in gitweb.conf. The base href sent on gitweb.cgi:3427
> contains the "internal" URL called by the reverse proxy mechanism, not the
> original one called by the user agent which makes it impossible for the
> client to display CSS, images, etc...
> 
> I suggest an additional config variable, e.g.
> $feature{'pathinfo'}{'basehrefoverride'} which could override the base href
> tag determinted by the cgi script (or disable sending a base href tag at all
> - at least I was able to achieve my desired setup by adjusting the URLs for
> CSS etc in gitweb.conf to fitting absolute URLs).
Any advice for Daniel?  Is it a good idea?

Regards, Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/605217
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  1. Jonathan NiederNov 28, 2010
  2. Giuseppe BilottaNov 28, 2010
  3. Jakub NarebskiNov 28, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederNov 28, 2010
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 30, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2010
  7. Daniel ReicheltNov 28, 2010
  8. Jakub NarebskiNov 28, 2010
  9. Daniel ReicheltNov 28, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederNov 28, 2010
  11. Daniel ReicheltNov 28, 2010
  12. Jakub NarebskiNov 28, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederNov 29, 2010
  14. Jakub NarebskiNov 29, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2010

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