# [PATCH] gitweb: remove PATH_INFO from $my_url and $my_uri

2 messages from 2008-08-03 to 2008-08-03. Participants: Giuseppe Bilotta, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14824

## Giuseppe Bilotta, 2008-08-03 18:02

Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: remove PATH_INFO from $my_url and $my_uri
Message-ID: <1217786545-30685-1-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1217786545-30685-1-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta%40gmail.com

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This patch (combined with appropriate server configuration) allows usage
of the gitweb CGI script as DirectoryIndex for the server root even when
the pathinfo feature is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
---
 gitweb/gitweb.perl |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ba1f71b..9c8bcab 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ our $cgi = new CGI;
 our $version = "++GIT_VERSION++";
 our $my_url = $cgi->url();
 our $my_uri = $cgi->url(-absolute => 1);
+if (my $path_info = $ENV{"PATH_INFO"}) {
+	$my_url =~ s,$path_info$,,;
+	$my_uri =~ s,$path_info$,,;
+}
 
 # core git executable to use
 # this can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH
-- 
1.5.6.3

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## Petr Baudis, 2008-08-03 19:10

Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitweb: remove PATH_INFO from $my_url and $my_uri
Message-ID: <20080803191045.GZ32184@machine.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080803191045.GZ32184%40machine.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <1217786545-30685-1-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>

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On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 08:02:25PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> This patch (combined with appropriate server configuration) allows usage
> of the gitweb CGI script as DirectoryIndex for the server root even when
> the pathinfo feature is enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>

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

(In case anyone is wondering, on repo.or.cz I used to just override
$my_uri manually from the config file.)

```
