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+                       cgit - cgi for git
+
+
+This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the git scm, using a
+builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure.
+
+
+Installation
+
+  $ make
+  $ su
+  $ make install
+
+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
+
+  $ git clone -s <path-to-git-repo> git
+  $ ./submodules.sh -u
+
+before running "make".
+
+
+Dependencies
+
+  -git (1.5.2-rc0 or newer, due to git submodule) installed
+  -zip lib
+  -crypto lib
+  -openssl lib
+
+
+Apache configuration
+
+A new Directory-section must probably be added for cgit, possibly something
+like this:
+
+  <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cgit/">
+      AllowOverride None
+      Options ExecCGI
+      Order allow,deny
+      Allow from all
+  </Directory>
+
+
+Runtime configuration
+
+The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. In addition
+to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories
+displayed by cgit.
+
+A template cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default
+values are documented in this file.
+
+
+The cache
+
+When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and
+returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired),
+the content for the request is written into the proper cachefile before the
+file is returned.
+
+If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the
+stale cachefile is returned to the client. This is done to favour page
+throughput over page freshness.
+
+The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including
+the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires".
+
+
+The mis(sing) 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.
+
+
+The end.