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[PATCH RFC v7 10/22] Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.cgi

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Nov 15, 2024, 07:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20241115-pks-meson-v7-10-47ec19b780b2@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<20241115-pks-meson-v7-0-47ec19b780b2@pks.im>

In order to generate "gitweb.cgi" we have to replace various different placeholders. This is done ad-hoc and is thus not easily reusable across different build systems.

Introduce a new GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in template that we populate at configuration time with the expected options. This script is then used as input for a new "generate-gitweb.sh" script that generates the final "gitweb.cgi" file. While this requires us to repeat the options multiple times, it is in line to how we generate other build options like our GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS file.

While at it, refactor how we replace the GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH. Even though this variable is supposed to be an integer, the source file has the value quoted. The quotes are eventually stripped via sed(1), which replaces `"@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@"` with the actual value, which is rather nonsensical. This is made clearer by just dropping the quotes in the source file.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 gitweb/Makefile                | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh  | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gitweb/gitweb.perl             |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in b/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41ac20654c4f79917993bafa8f7e447669552b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+PERL_PATH=@PERL_PATH@
+JSMIN=@JSMIN@
+CSSMIN=@CSSMIN@
+GIT_BINDIR=@GIT_BINDIR@
+GITWEB_CONFIG=@GITWEB_CONFIG@
+GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM=@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@
+GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON=@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@
+GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR=@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@
+GITWEB_SITENAME=@GITWEB_SITENAME@
+GITWEB_PROJECTROOT=@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@
+GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH=@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@
+GITWEB_EXPORT_OK=@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@
+GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT=@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@
+GITWEB_BASE_URL=@GITWEB_BASE_URL@
+GITWEB_LIST=@GITWEB_LIST@
+GITWEB_HOMETEXT=@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@
+GITWEB_CSS=@GITWEB_CSS@
+GITWEB_LOGO=@GITWEB_LOGO@
+GITWEB_FAVICON=@GITWEB_FAVICON@
+GITWEB_JS=@GITWEB_JS@
+GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING=@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@
+GITWEB_SITE_HEADER=@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@
+GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER=@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@
+HIGHLIGHT_BIN=@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@
diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index 164c8d53757f98599ad14eeb22ca8d542eb7502a..16a2ef2d1e5664d99f6f1d8ff4224c36769c55fb 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -77,43 +77,42 @@ GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/javascript-detection.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/adjust-timezone.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/blame_incremental.js
 
-
-GITWEB_REPLACE = \
-	-e 's|@GIT_VERSION@|$(GIT_VERSION)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GIT_BINDIR@|$(bindir)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|g' \
-	-e 's|"@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@"|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_LIST@|$(GITWEB_LIST)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_CSS@|$(GITWEB_CSS)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_JS@|$(GITWEB_JS)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|g' \
-	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|g' \
-	-e 's|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|g'
-
 .PHONY: FORCE
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
-	@rm -f $@+
-	@echo "x" '$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' $(GITWEB_REPLACE) "$(JSMIN)|$(CSSMIN)" >$@+
+	@sed -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	     -e 's|@JSMIN@|$(JSMIN)|' \
+	     -e 's|@CSSMIN@|$(CSSMIN)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GIT_VERSION@|$(GIT_VERSION)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GIT_BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_LIST@|$(GITWEB_LIST)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_CSS@|$(GITWEB_CSS)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_JS@|$(GITWEB_JS)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|' \
+	     -e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|' \
+	     -e 's|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|' \
+	     $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS.in >"$@+"
 	@cmp -s $@+ $@ && rm -f $@+ || mv -f $@+ $@
 
+$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
+$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: GIT-VERSION-FILE
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.cgi: $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)gitweb.perl
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
-	sed -e '1s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-		$(GITWEB_REPLACE) $< >$@+ && \
-	chmod +x $@+ && \
+	$(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)generate-gitweb-cgi.sh $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS ./GIT-VERSION-FILE $< $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)static/gitweb.js: $(addprefix $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB),$(GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES))
diff --git a/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..67a646aeb7c22fd69817ed14c9937f3123736405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/generate-gitweb-cgi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if test $# -ne 4
+then
+	echo "USAGE: $0 <GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS> <GIT-VERSION-FILE> <INPUT> <OUTPUT>" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+GITWEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="$1"
+GIT_VERSION_FILE="$2"
+INPUT="$3"
+OUTPUT="$4"
+
+. "$GITWEB_BUILD_OPTIONS"
+. "$GIT_VERSION_FILE"
+
+sed -e "1s|#!/usr/bin/perl|#!$PERL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@PERL_PATH@|$PERL_PATH|" \
+    -e "s|@JSMIN@|$JSMIN|" \
+    -e "s|@CSSMIN@|$CSSMIN|" \
+    -e "s|@GIT_VERSION@|$GIT_VERSION|" \
+    -e "s|@GIT_BINDIR@|$GIT_BINDIR|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$GITWEB_CONFIG|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$GITWEB_SITENAME|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$GITWEB_PROJECTROOT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@|$GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$GITWEB_EXPORT_OK|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$GITWEB_BASE_URL|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_LIST@|$GITWEB_LIST|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$GITWEB_HOMETEXT|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_CSS@|$GITWEB_CSS|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$GITWEB_LOGO|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$GITWEB_FAVICON|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_JS@|$GITWEB_JS|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$GITWEB_SITE_HEADER|" \
+    -e "s|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER|" \
+    -e "s|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$HIGHLIGHT_BIN|" \
+    "$INPUT" >"$OUTPUT"
+
+chmod a+x "$OUTPUT"
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 76e1f4e244fd23dd29b935e83753efa9c6d5bb5e..41bc64ec73f9f05666480025c3b70650607b4cd8 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sub evaluate_uri {
 
 # fs traversing limit for getting project list
 # the number is relative to the projectroot
-our $project_maxdepth = "@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@";
+our $project_maxdepth = @GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@;
 
 # string of the home link on top of all pages
 our $home_link_str = "@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@";
-- 
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  1. 00/22 Modernize the build systemPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  2. 01/22 Makefile: use common template for GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  3. 02/22 Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitutePatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  4. 03/22 Makefile: refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN to be reusablePatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  5. 04/22 Makefile: propagate Git version via generated headerPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  6. 05/22 Makefile: generate "git.rc" via GIT-VERSION-GENPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  7. 06/22 Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATHPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  8. 07/22 Makefile: extract script to massage Perl scriptsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  9. 08/22 Makefile: use "generate-perl.sh" to massage Perl libraryPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  10. 10/22 Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.cgiPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  11. 09/22 Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scriptsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  12. 11/22 Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.jsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  13. 12/22 Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independentPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  14. 13/22 Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to existPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  15. 14/22 Makefile: simplify building of templatesPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  16. 16/22 Documentation: teach "cmd-list.perl" about out-of-tree buildsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  17. 15/22 Documentation: allow sourcing generated includes from separate dirPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  18. 17/22 Documentation: extract script to generate a list of mergetoolsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  19. 19/22 t: allow overriding build dirPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  20. 18/22 t: better support for out-of-tree buildsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  21. 20/22 Documentation: add comparison of build systemsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
  22. 21/22 Introduce support for the Meson build systemPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
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  25. 22/22 meson: fix conflicts with in-flight topicsPatrick Steinhardt, Nov 15, 2024
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