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authorMark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>2010-04-02 20:37:33 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-04-02 21:23:42 -0700
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gitweb: update INSTALL to use shorter make target
Gitweb can be generated by the gitweb/gitweb.cgi target or the gitweb target. Since the gitweb target is shorter, I think it would be better to have new users be instructed to use it. Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL
index 44ff17d62..cbdc13647 100644
--- a/gitweb/INSTALL
+++ b/gitweb/INSTALL
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ GIT web Interface (gitweb) Installation
=======================================
First you have to generate gitweb.cgi from gitweb.perl using
-"make gitweb/gitweb.cgi", then copy appropriate files (gitweb.cgi,
-gitweb.js, gitweb.css, git-logo.png and git-favicon.png) to their
-destination. For example if git was (or is) installed with /usr prefix,
-you can do
+"make gitweb", then copy appropriate files (gitweb.cgi, gitweb.js,
+gitweb.css, git-logo.png and git-favicon.png) to their destination.
+For example if git was (or is) installed with /usr prefix, you can do
- $ make prefix=/usr gitweb/gitweb.cgi ;# as yourself
+ $ make prefix=/usr gitweb ;# as yourself
# cp gitweb/git* /var/www/cgi-bin/ ;# as root
Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ instead
$ make configure ;# as yourself
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
- $ make gitweb/gitweb.cgi ;# as yourself
+ $ make gitweb ;# as yourself
# cp gitweb/git* /var/www/cgi-bin/ ;# as root
The above example assumes that your web server is configured to run
@@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ file for gitweb (in gitweb/README).
- There are many configuration variables which affect building of
gitweb.cgi; see "default configuration for gitweb" section in main
- (top dir) Makefile, and instructions for building gitweb/gitweb.cgi
- target.
+ (top dir) Makefile, and instructions for building gitweb target.
One of the most important is where to find the git wrapper binary. Gitweb
tries to find the git wrapper at $(bindir)/git, so you have to set $bindir
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ Build example
GITWEB_LOGO="/gitweb/git-logo.png" \
GITWEB_FAVICON="/gitweb/git-favicon.png" \
bindir=/usr/local/bin \
- gitweb/gitweb.cgi
+ gitweb
cp -fv ~/git/gitweb/gitweb.{cgi,js,css} \
~/git/gitweb/git-{favicon,logo}.png \