Re: Gitweb 1.7.5 and Textconv Configuration

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jul 2, 2011, 19:57 UTC
Message-ID: <20110702195735.GA15542@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CALWDD1zrOUwS2FeQs1SsFuLnaDzhCHZVFLvFXv7aLex1K2v5zw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 10:18:55PM +0300, Al Haraka wrote:

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> > which will make the repository-wide non-version-controlled gitattributes
> > the same as the last committed version. The problem is that it won't be
> > automatically updated as you commit and push changes to .gitattributes.
> 
> I thought my plan was to try and avoid this by using the
> core.attributesfile directive, forcing this stuff to operate system
> (well, account, besides the point here) wide on all repos with
> specifying a .gitattributes (or, since it base bare, as you pointed
> out yourself, $GIT_REPO_DIR/info/attributes) every single time.  Did I
> misunderstand the mailing list thread that mentioned this a while
> back?

Ah, I see. That seems like a reasonable solution. Are you sure that the user running gitweb as a CGI is the same as the user you log in as? That is, are you sure that ~/.gitconfig is being parsed when it is called as a CGI, and it's not looking in ~www/.gitconfig or something?

It would depend how your hosting is set up.

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> This is the reason I went through the trouble of compiling an updated
> version in my account (as opposed to the installed version on the
> Dreamhost box; they are stuck at version 1.7.1.1; I saw this mentioned
> on a thread somewhere and wanted to get the "latest" (well latest
> stable version) to avoid this kind of problem?  Was that the right
> thing to do?  Will it even work in this case?  I get the feeling from
> your response I was expecting a lot with RTFM'ing more.

It sounds like it should work to me, but I've not tested it (nor do I even run gitweb; I just have an interest in textconv).

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> Thanks again for your help.  I really appreciate it.  I am new to git,
> but LOVE what you guys have being doing.  I never used any DRCS before
> this, personally or professionally, but read snippets of howtos and so
> much good press I decided it was time I mooch off you guys to organize
> my life.  :-)

You're welcome. Hopefully we can resolve your problem and get the answer at least in the list archive. And then you will have made the world a better place. :)

-Peff