From: Stephen P. Smith Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:25:20 +0000 (-0700) Subject: user-manual: add addition gitweb information X-Git-Tag: v2.7.1~5^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db?hp=--cc user-manual: add addition gitweb information Rework the section on gitweb to add information about the cgi script and the instaweb command. Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- 99487cf228ecba869d2f87f1b55f281fdd1342db diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 456457b047..2a7d804aa1 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2125,8 +2125,17 @@ Allowing web browsing of a repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your -project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file -gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up. +project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install +Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may +optionally be enabled. + +The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start +browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using +instaweb is lighttpd. + +See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and +linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament +installation with a CGI or Perl capable server. [[how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history]] How to get a Git repository with minimal history @@ -4665,8 +4674,6 @@ Include cross-references to the glossary, where appropriate. Add a section on working with other version control systems, including CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs. -More details on gitweb? - Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts. Alternates, clone -reference, etc.