-# if we're called with PATH_INFO, we have to strip that
-# from the URL to find our real URL
-# we make $path_info global because it's also used later on
+# Base URL for relative URLs in gitweb ($logo, $favicon, ...),
+# needed and used only for URLs with nonempty PATH_INFO
+our $base_url = $my_url;
+
+# When the script is used as DirectoryIndex, the URL does not contain the name
+# of the script file itself, and $cgi->url() fails to strip PATH_INFO, so we
+# have to do it ourselves. We make $path_info global because it's also used
+# later on.
+#
+# Another issue with the script being the DirectoryIndex is that the resulting
+# $my_url data is not the full script URL: this is good, because we want
+# generated links to keep implying the script name if it wasn't explicitly
+# indicated in the URL we're handling, but it means that $my_url cannot be used
+# as base URL.
+# Therefore, if we needed to strip PATH_INFO, then we know that we have
+# to build the base URL ourselves: