From: Tarmigan <tarmigan+git@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:06:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smart-http documentation: add example of how to execute from userdir
Message-ID: <905315640912272006o6a8fecddiebb66cc243593fad@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091227211557.GC609@spearce.org>

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> Tarmigan Casebolt <tarmigan+git@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Smart-http may be an attactive and easy way for people to setup git
>> hosting on shared servers whose primary web server configuration they
>> do not control.  To facilite this, provide an example of how it may be
>> done.
> ...
>> +       \~/public_html/cgi-bin/.htaccess:
>> ++
>> +----------------------------------------------------------------
>> +SetHandler cgi-script
>> +Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
>> +SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/$username/devel
>> +----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> At this point, isn't this just easier?
>
>  mkdir ~/public_html/git
>  vi ~/public_html/git/.htaccess
>
>  SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/$username/devel
>  ScriptAlias / /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/

Yes, that would be perfect.  But ScriptAlias is only valid in the
"server config" or "virtual host" contexts which is why the
symlink/copy executable convolutions might be needed.  Can you see a
simpler way around it?

Thanks,
Tarmigan