# [PATCH] gitweb: More about how gitweb gets 'owner' of repository

2 messages from 2008-07-26 to 2008-07-26. Participants: Jakub Narebski, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14694

## Jakub Narebski, 2008-07-26 23:23

Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: More about how gitweb gets 'owner' of repository
Message-ID: <20080726232316.23589.62384.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080726232316.23589.62384.stgit%40localhost.localdomain

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Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
---
Just an improvement in gitweb documentation...

 gitweb/README |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
index 6908036..825162a 100644
--- a/gitweb/README
+++ b/gitweb/README
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ You can use the following files in repository:
  * gitweb.owner
    You can use the gitweb.owner repository configuration variable to set
    repository's owner. It is displayed in the project list and summary
-   page. If it's not set, filesystem directory's owner is used.
+   page. If it's not set, filesystem directory's owner is used
+   (via GECOS field / real name field from getpwiud(3)).
  * various gitweb.* config variables (in config)
    Read description of %feature hash for detailed list, and some
    descriptions.

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## Petr Baudis, 2008-07-26 23:27

Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitweb: More about how gitweb gets 'owner' of repository
Message-ID: <20080726232741.GB32184@machine.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080726232741.GB32184%40machine.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <20080726232316.23589.62384.stgit@localhost.localdomain>

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On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 01:23:46AM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
> ---
> Just an improvement in gitweb documentation...

Acked-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>

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