[PATCH] gitweb/INSTALL: GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is for backward compatibility
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
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This can be either squashed with previous patch to gitweb/INSTALL,
kept as separate patch or discarded.
Drew: gitweb(1) or gitweb.conf(5) solution is more involved, so
perhaps something like that?
gitweb/INSTALL | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL
index 7ad1050..386e62f 100644
--- a/gitweb/INSTALL
+++ b/gitweb/INSTALL
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README), and gitweb.conf(5) manpage.
GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM build configuration variable, and override it
through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable.
-
Note that the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM system-wide configuration file is
only used for instances that lack per-instance configuration file.
You can use GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON common system-wide configuration
@@ -252,6 +251,8 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README), and gitweb.conf(5) manpage.
system-wide configuration file override those from common system-wide
configuration file.
+ (Idiosyncratic GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is present for backward compatibility.)
+
- The gitweb config file is a fragment of perl code. You can set variables
using "our $variable = value"; text from "#" character until the end
of a line is ignored. See perlsyn(1) for details.
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1.7.10.4
Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>