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@@ -8,35 +8,26 @@ builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure. Installation -Building cgit involves building a proper version of git. How to do this -depends on how you obtained the cgit sources: - -a) If you're working in a cloned cgit repository, you first need to -initialize and update the git submodule: - - $ git submodule init # register the git submodule in .git/config - $ $EDITOR .git/config # if you want to specify a different url for git - $ git submodule update # clone/fetch and checkout correct git version - -b) If you're building from a cgit tarball, you can download a proper git -version like this: + $ make + $ su + $ make install - $ make get-git +This will install cgit.cgi and cgit.css into "/var/www/htdocs/cgit". +Note: The initial "make" will create a submodule 'git' and clone the git +repository at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git in it. If you +already have a local git git repository that you want to use as origin +for the submodule, run -When either a) or b) has been performed, you can build and install cgit like -this: + $ git clone -s <path-to-git-repo> git + $ ./submodules.sh -u - $ make - $ sudo make install +before running "make". -This will install cgit.cgi and cgit.css into "/var/www/htdocs/cgit". You can -configure this location (and a few other things) by providing a "cgit.conf" -file (see the Makefile for details). +Dependencies -Dependencies: - -git 1.5.3 + -git (1.5.2-rc0 or newer, due to git submodule) installed -zip lib -crypto lib -openssl lib @@ -80,23 +71,11 @@ The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires". -The missing features - -* Submodule links in the directory listing page have a fixed format per - repository. This should probably be extended to a generic map between - submodule path and url. - -* Branch- and tag-lists in the summary page can get very long, they should - probably only show something like the ten "latest modified" branches and - a similar number of "most recent" tags. - -* There should be a new page for browsing refs/heads and refs/tags, with links - from the summary page whenever the branch/tag lists overflow. +The mis(sing) features -* The log-page should have more/better search options (author, committer, - pickaxe, paths) and possibly support arbitrary revision specifiers. +Submodule links in the directory listing page have a fixed format per +repository. This should probably be extended to a generic map between +submodule path and url. -* A set of test-scripts is required before cgit-1.0 can be released. -Patches/bugreports/suggestions/comments are always welcome, please feel free -to contact the author: hjemli@gmail.com +The end. |