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Re: Make Gitweb behave like Apache mod_userdir

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Sylvain Rabot <sylvain@abstraction.fr>
Date
Nov 17, 2009, 22:54 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 23:10, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Sylvain Rabot <sylvain@abstraction.fr> writes:
>
>>> Wouldn't it be a good idea to somehow make this work well together with
>>> the --user-path feature of git-daemon?
>>>
>>> Perhaps the recommended name given in the example shouldn't be ~/gitweb,
>>> but more like ~/public_git, as this is like ~/public_html but for git
>>> repositories.  Then the end users will browse
>>
>> As I said, it's configuration :)
>
> Wrong answer.
>
Am I passing a test ?
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> Exactly because it is configurable, the document that outlines the
> recommended practice should suggest the best convention.  My point was
> that it is likely to be tied to "git"-ness of the specified directory
> under $HOME/, not limited to "gitweb"-ness, and it is wrong to recommend a
> name tied to "gitweb"-ness in this document.

Again, git is a brand new world for me and I don't know any of his conventions yet. I am not trying to impose my own conventions, I am just proposing an idea. If you like it and want to make it more "git world compliant", please do so.

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  1. Sylvain RabotNov 15, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
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  4. Sylvain RabotNov 17, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 17, 2009
  6. Sylvain RabotNov 17, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2009
  8. Sylvain RabotNov 17, 2009
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