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| author | Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net> | 2015-12-30 16:25:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-12-30 15:27:04 -0800 |
| commit | 99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db (patch) | |
| tree | 719374199a25d65ab143c3a943784299a1bf454d /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
| parent | 9cfde9ee8f6dc82365f1e977935960f34108076b (diff) | |
| download | git-99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db.tar.gz git-99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db.tar.xz | |
user-manual: add addition gitweb information
Rework the section on gitweb to add information about the cgi script
and the instaweb command.
Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/user-manual.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 456457b04..2a7d804aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2125,8 +2125,17 @@ Allowing web browsing of a repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 +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. [[how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history]] How to get a Git repository with minimal history @@ -4665,8 +4674,6 @@ Include cross-references to the glossary, where appropriate. 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. |