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[PATCH] gitweb: clean up user configuration part

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MLMatthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date
Aug 1, 2006, 12:48 UTC
Message-ID
<E1G7tg4-0007bJ-7r@moooo.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
<200607292239.11034.jnareb@gmail.com>
 * add a marker where the user configuration starts/ends
 * replaced the two $projectroot = lines
 * add a comment to $projectlist
 * reorder the variables
Signed-off-by: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
---
I tried to put the variables at top which will be edited most likely
(cannot have sane default values).
---
 gitweb/gitweb.cgi |   58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.cgi b/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
index 9448b72..ca2ef70 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.cgi
@@ -18,44 +18,42 @@ use File::Find qw();
 binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
 
 our $cgi = new CGI;
-our $version = "267";
-our $my_url = $cgi->url();
-our $my_uri = $cgi->url(-absolute => 1);
-our $rss_link = "";
 
-# core git executable to use
-# this can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH
-our $GIT = "/usr/bin/git";
+##
+## BEGIN USER CONFIGURATION
+##
 
 # absolute fs-path which will be prepended to the project path
-#our $projectroot = "/pub/scm";
-our $projectroot = "/home/kay/public_html/pub/scm";
+our $projectroot = "/pub/git";
 
-# version of the core git binary
-our $git_version = qx($GIT --version) =~ m/git version (.*)$/ ? $1 : "unknown";
+# source of projects list
+# file: list of projects, may use subdirectories
+# directory: all git repositories in the directory (not subdirectories)
+our $projects_list = "index/index.aux";
+#our $projects_list = $projectroot;
 
-# location for temporary files needed for diffs
-our $git_temp = "/tmp/gitweb";
-if (! -d $git_temp) {
-	mkdir($git_temp, 0700) || die_error("Couldn't mkdir $git_temp");
-}
+# html text to include at home page
+our $home_text = "indextext.html";
 
-# target of the home link on top of all pages
-our $home_link = $my_uri;
+# core git executable to use
+# this can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH
+our $GIT = "/usr/bin/git";
 
 # name of your site or organization to appear in page titles
 # replace this with something more descriptive for clearer bookmarks
 our $site_name = $ENV{'SERVER_NAME'} || "Untitled";
 
-# html text to include at home page
-our $home_text = "indextext.html";
+our $my_url = $cgi->url();
+our $my_uri = $cgi->url(-absolute => 1);
+our $rss_link = "";
+# target of the home link on top of all pages
+our $home_link = $my_uri;
 
 # URI of default stylesheet
 our $stylesheet = "gitweb.css";
 
-# source of projects list
-#our $projects_list = $projectroot;
-our $projects_list = "index/index.aux";
+# location for temporary files needed for diffs
+our $git_temp = "/tmp/gitweb";
 
 # default blob_plain mimetype and default charset for text/plain blob
 our $default_blob_plain_mimetype = 'text/plain';
@@ -65,6 +63,20 @@ # file to use for guessing MIME types be
 # (relative to the current git repository)
 our $mimetypes_file = undef;
 
+##
+## END USER CONFIGURATION
+##
+
+# version of the core git binary
+our $git_version = qx($GIT --version) =~ m/git version (.*)$/ ? $1 : "unknown";
+
+our $version = "267";
+
+# create temp directory
+if (! -d $git_temp) {
+	mkdir($git_temp, 0700) || die_error("Couldn't mkdir $git_temp");
+}
+
 # input validation and dispatch
 our $action = $cgi->param('a');
 if (defined $action) {
-- 
1.4.2.rc2.g4713
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  10. gitweb: simplify git_get_hash_by_pathJakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
  11. gitweb: More explicit error messages for open "-|"Jakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
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  13. gitweb: Correct error from changing "-|" open to list form in git_commitJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
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  15. gitweb: Add git_page_nav for later useJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  16. gitweb: Navbar refactoring - use git_page_nav to generate navigation barJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  17. gitweb: Replace form-feed character by ^LJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  18. gitweb: Read project description using utf-8 encodingJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 30, 2006
  20. gitweb: Show project descriptions with utf-8 characters in project list correctlyJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  21. gitweb: Add "\n" after <br/> in git_page_navJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  22. gitweb: Pager refactoring - use git_get_paging_nav for paginationJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  23. gitweb: Remove $project from git_get_paging_nav argumentsJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  24. gitweb: Headers refactoring - use git_header_div for header divsJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  25. gitweb: Remove characters entities entirely when shortening stringJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  26. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
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  28. gitweb: Ref refactoring - use git_get_referencing for marking tagged/head commitsJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  29. gitweb: Refactor generation of shortlog, tags and heads bodyJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  30. gitweb: No need to quote path for list version of open "-|"Jakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
  32. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2006
  34. There can be more than two levels of subdirectoriesJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2006
  35. gitweb: Reordering code and dividing it into categoriesJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  36. gitweb: Reordering code and dividing it into categoriesJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  37. gitweb: use a hash to lookup the sub for an actionMatthias Lederhofer, Jul 31, 2006
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
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  40. Luben TuikovAug 1, 2006
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  47. 1/2 Use tabs for indent in shell scriptsJakub Narebski, Aug 1, 2006
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  51. Jakub NarebskiAug 1, 2006
  52. Luben TuikovAug 1, 2006
  53. gitweb: clean up user configuration partMatthias Lederhofer, Aug 1, 2006
  54. gitweb: include perl files for configurationMatthias Lederhofer, Aug 1, 2006

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