GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM build configuration variable, and override it
through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable.
- Note that if per-instance configuration file exists, then system-wide
- configuration is _not used at all_. This is quite untypical and surprising
- behavior. On the other hand changing current behavior would break backwards
- compatibility and can lead to unexpected changes in gitweb behavior.
- Therefore gitweb also looks for common system-wide configuration file,
- normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf (set during build time using build time
- configuration variable GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON, set it at runtime using
- environment variable with the same name). Settings from per-instance or
+ Note that the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM system-wide configuration file is
+ only used for instances that lack per-instance configuration file.
+ You can use GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON common system-wide configuration
+ file (normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf) to keep common default
+ settings that apply to all instances. Settings from per-instance or
system-wide configuration file override those from common system-wide
configuration file.