# [PATCH 2/3] gitweb: update INSTALL regarding specific snapshot settings

1 messages from 2009-08-06 to 2009-08-06. Participants: Mark A Rada.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/20437

## Mark A Rada, 2009-08-06 14:27

Subject: [PATCH 2/3] gitweb: update INSTALL regarding specific snapshot settings
Message-ID: <E4954DAB-6EA1-461F-8698-AAEC1E8F455F@uwaterloo.ca>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E4954DAB-6EA1-461F-8698-AAEC1E8F455F%40uwaterloo.ca

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This includes instructions on how to disable a snapshot format and how
to add options to a snapshot format (e.g. setting the compression
level).

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
---
  gitweb/INSTALL |    9 +++++++++
  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL
index 18c9ce3..3d267da 100644
--- a/gitweb/INSTALL
+++ b/gitweb/INSTALL
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ GITWEB_CONFIG file:
  	$feature{'snapshot'}{'default'} = ['zip', 'tgz'];
  	$feature{'snapshot'}{'override'} = 1;

+If you allow overriding for the snapshot feature, you can specify which
+snapshot formats are globally disabled. You can also add any command  
line
+options you want (such as setting the compression level). For instance,
+you can disable Zip compressed snapshots and set GZip to run at level  
6 by
+adding the following lines to your $GITWEB_CONFIG:
+
+	$known_snapshot_formats{'zip'}{'disabled'} = 1;
+	$known_snapshot_formats{'tgz'}{'compressor'} = ['gzip','-6'];
+

  Gitweb repositories
  -------------------
-- 
1.6.4

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