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Re: git instaweb - share all project files

From
Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2013, 15:21 UTC
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<51697812.6020106@gmail.com>
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Please do not top-post.
On 11.04.2013, Trenton D. Adams wrote:
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> #1 would actually work.  Though long term it would be cool to view it
> with all the most recent commit information, kind of like github does.
>  You know, showing "updated 4 days ago".
> 
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> W dniu 07.04.2013 05:02, Trenton D. Adams pisze:
>>
>>> On that first page that shows up, it shows the .git folder.  It would
>>> be kind of nice if it shared out both the git repo and the actual
>>> current project files.  I frequently have stuff I'd like to see in a
>>> web browser, and even requires one (i.e. Navigating to
>>> file:///home/blah/blah doesn't work; ajax requests for example)
>>
>> There are a few possible solutions, from simplest to most complicated:
>>
>> 1. Configure gitweb ran by git-instaweb to have 'worktree' link in
>>    the action bar pointing to 'file:///path/to/repo' (or rather
>>    'file:///path/to/workdir') via 'actions' feature, adding e.g.
>>
>>      $feature{'actions'}{'default'} =
>>         [('worktree', 'file:///path/to/repo', 'summary')];
>>
>>    to gitweb_config.perl / gitweb.conf used by git-instaweb's gitweb.
>>
>>    This of course works only for local use, so either git-instaweb
>>    or gitweb (in config) should check that we use it locally
>>    (e.g. if hostname is 'localhost' or equivalent).
[...]
Unfortunately it turns out such simple solution doesn't really work.

First, for some reason Firefox 20.0 refuses to follow file:/// link, even though it shows correctly worktree if copy'n'pasted as URL in new window / new tab.

Second, it would work only for the top git repository. There can be repositories being submodules, or in untracked subdirectories (like e.g. 't/trash directory.tNNNN*/.git' in git/.git), and said 'worktree' link would always lead to top git repository workdir.

But anyway, here you have it:
-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] git-instaweb: Show project files... kind of (WIP)

On first page that git-instaweb shows, it shows the .git folder. It would be kind of nice if it shared out both the git repo and the actual current project files (i.e. current worktree). [...]

[...]

This commit implements solution 1.), with git-instaweb enabling it only for local use, which means when it is run with `--local` option.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
---
 git-instaweb.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index 01a1b05..43ae255 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ restart        restart the web server
 . git-sh-setup
 
 fqgitdir="$GIT_DIR"
+if test x"$(git rev-parse --is-bare-repository)" = xfalse
+then
+	fqworktree="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+else
+	fqworktree=""
+fi
+
 local="$(git config --bool --get instaweb.local)"
 httpd="$(git config --get instaweb.httpd)"
 root="$(git config --get instaweb.gitwebdir)"
@@ -588,6 +595,13 @@ our \$projects_list = \$projectroot;
 
 \$feature{'remote_heads'}{'default'} = [1];
 EOF
+	test x"$fqworktree" != x &&
+	test x"$local" = xtrue &&
+	cat >>"$fqgitdir/gitweb/gitweb_config.perl" <<EOF
+\$feature{'actions'}{'default'} = [
+	('worktree', 'file://$fqworktree', 'summary')
+];
+EOF
 }
 
 configure_httpd() {
-- 
1.8.2.1.367.geafc030.dirty
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  1. Trenton D. AdamsApr 7, 2013
  2. Jakub NarębskiApr 10, 2013
  3. Trenton D. AdamsApr 10, 2013
  4. Jakub NarębskiApr 13, 2013
  5. Eric WongApr 13, 2013
  6. Jakub NarębskiApr 14, 2013

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