Re: [PATCH V2] user-manual: add addition gitweb information

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 30, 2015, 23:29 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7fjvcy7u.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1451517920-30703-1-git-send-email-ischis2@cox.net>

"Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@cox.net> writes:

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>  The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
> -project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
> -gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
> +project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install
> +Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may

Thanks. Was there a reason to rewrite "files and history" into "revisions, file contents and logs"? The words "revisions" and "logs" both refer to the same thing and "history" is a good word for it already, so I am puzzled. No strong objection, though...

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> +optionally be enabled.
> +
> +The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start
> +browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using
> +instaweb is lighttpd.
> +
> +See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
> +linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
> +installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
>  
>  [[sharing-development-examples]]
>  Examples
> @@ -4651,8 +4660,6 @@ documentation.
>  Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
>  CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
>  
> -More details on gitweb?
> -
>  Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
>  
>  Alternates, clone -reference, etc.