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Gitweb is the default web interface provided with git itself and is the basis for other git scripts like cgit, gitosis and others.

Installation

To install gitweb you first have to install git and a webserver. For this example we use apache but you can also use others:

pacman -S git apache

Next you need to link the current gitweb default to your webserver location. In this example I use the default folder locations:

ln -s /usr/share/gitweb /srv/http/gitweb

Note: You may want to double check the server directory to make sure the symbolic links were made.

That's it for the "installation". Next is the configuration.

Configuration

Apache

Add the following to the end of your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<Directory "/srv/http/gitweb">
   DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
   Allow from all
   AllowOverride all
   Order allow,deny
   Options ExecCGI
   <Files gitweb.cgi>
   SetHandler cgi-script
   </Files>
   SetEnv  GITWEB_CONFIG  /etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf
</Directory>

If using a virtualhosts configuration, add this to /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName gitserver
    DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb
    <Directory /var/www/gitweb>
       Options ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
       AllowOverride All
       order allow,deny
       Allow from all
       AddHandler cgi-script cgi
       DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
   </Directory
</VirtualHost>

You could also put the configuration in it's own config file in /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ but that's up to you to decide.

Lighttpd

Add the following to /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf:

server.modules += ( "mod_alias", "mod_cgi", "mod_redirect", "mod_setenv" )
setenv.add-environment = ( "GITWEB_CONFIG" => "/etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf" )
url.redirect += ( "^/gitweb$" => "/gitweb/" )
alias.url += ( "/gitweb/" => "/usr/share/gitweb/" )
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/gitweb/" {
       cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "" )
       server.indexfiles = ( "gitweb.cgi" )
}

You may also need to add ".css" => "text/css" to the mimetype.assign line for GitWeb to display properly.

Nginx

Considering your Nginx document root is /var/www, append this location to your configuration, e.g. /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

location /gitweb/ {
       index index.cgi;
       include fastcgi_params;
       gzip off;
       if ($uri ~ "/gitweb/index.cgi") {
               fastcgi_param   GITWEB_CONFIG  /etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf
               fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001;
       }
}

Gitweb config

Next we need to make a gitweb config file. Open (or create if it does not exist) the file /etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf and place this in it:

/etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf

$git_temp = "/tmp";

# The directories where your projects are. Must not end with a slash.
$projectroot = "/path/to/your/repositories"; 

# Base URLs for links displayed in the web interface.
our @git_base_url_list = qw(git://<your_server> http://git@<your_server>);

To enable "blame" view (showing the author of each line in a source file), add the following line:

$feature{'blame'}{'default'} = [1];

Now the the configuration is done, please restart your webserver. For apache:

systemctl restart httpd

Or for lighttpd:

systemctl restart lighttpd

Syntax highlighting

To enable syntax highlighting with Gitweb, you have to first install the highlight package from [community]:

pacman -S highlight

When highlight has been installed, simply add this line to your gitweb.conf:

$feature{'highlight'}{'default'} = [1];

Save the file and highlighting should now be enabled.

Adding repositories

To add a repository go to your repository folder, make your repository like so:

mkdir my_repository.git
git init --bare my_repository.git/
cd my_repository.git/
touch git-daemon-export-ok
echo "Short project's description" > description

Next open the "config" file and add this:

[gitweb]
        owner = Your Name

This will fill in the "Owner" field in gitweb. It's not required.

I assumed that you want to have this repository as "central" repository storage where you push your commits to so the git-daemon-export-ok and --bare are here to have minimal overhead and to allow the git daemon to be used on it.

That is all for making a repository. You can now see it on your http://localhost/gitweb (assuming everything went fine). You do not need to restart apache for new repositories since the gitweb cgi script simply reads your repository folder.

Thanks to...

This howto was mainly based on the awesome howto from howtoforge: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-a-public-git-repository-on-a-debian-server I only picked the parts that are needed to get it working and left the additional things out.

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-Gitweb is the default web interface provided with git itself and is the basis for other git scripts like cgit, gitosis and others.
+[[Category:Version Control System]]
-=Installation=
+Gitweb is the default web interface provided with [[git]] itself and is the basis for other git scripts like [[cgit]], [[gitosis]] and others.
-To install gitweb you fitst have to install git and a webserver. For this example we use apache but you can also use others:
+==Installation==
+To install gitweb you first have to install git and a webserver. For this example we use apache but you can also use others:
   pacman -S git apache
-Next you need to link the current gitweb default to your webserver location. In this example i use the default folder locations:
+Next you need to link the current gitweb default to your webserver location. In this example I use the default folder locations:
   ln -s /usr/share/gitweb /srv/http/gitweb
+{{Note|1=You may want to double check the server directory to make sure the symbolic links were made.}}
 That's it for the "installation". Next is the configuration.
-=Configuration=
+==Configuration==
-==Apache==
+===Apache===
-Add the following to the end of you /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+Add the following to the end of your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
   <Directory "/srv/http/gitweb">
      DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
@@ Line 24: / Line 28: @@
   </Directory>
-You can put the configuration in it's own config file in /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ but that's up to you to decide.
+If using a virtualhosts configuration, add this to /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
+ <VirtualHost *:80>
+     ServerName gitserver
+     DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb
+     <Directory /var/www/gitweb>
+        Options ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
+        AllowOverride All
+        order allow,deny
+        Allow from all
+        AddHandler cgi-script cgi
+        DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
+    </Directory
+ </VirtualHost>
-==Lighttpd==
+You could also put the configuration in it's own config file in /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ but that's up to you to decide.
-If you're using lighttpd, make sure mod_alias, mod_redirect, mod_cgi and mod_setenv are loaded. Add the following to /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf:
+===Lighttpd===
+Add the following to /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf:
+ server.modules += ( "mod_alias", "mod_cgi", "mod_redirect", "mod_setenv" )
   setenv.add-environment = ( "GITWEB_CONFIG" => "/etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf" )
   url.redirect += ( "^/gitweb$" => "/gitweb/" )
   alias.url += ( "/gitweb/" => "/usr/share/gitweb/" )
   $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/gitweb/" {
-         cgi.assign = (".cgi" => "")
+         cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "" )
-         server.indexfiles = ("gitweb.cgi")
+         server.indexfiles = ( "gitweb.cgi" )
   }
-==Gitweb config==
+You may also need to add {{ic|".css" &#61;> "text/css"}} to the {{ic|mimetype.assign}} line for GitWeb to display properly.
-Next we need to make a gitweb config file. Open (or create if not existing) the file /etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf and place this in it:
- $projectroot = "/path/to/your/repositories";
- $git_temp = "/tmp";
- $projects_list = $projectroot;
- our @git_base_url_list = qw(git://<your_server> git@<your_server>:~);
-{{Note|Replace "/path/to/your/repositories" with your path and replace "<your_server>" with your servername or ip (localhost for example). As for the ":~" part in the "git@<your_server>:~" line. It now expects the git repos to bei n your home folder! Also change that accordingly.}}
+===Nginx===
+Considering your Nginx document root is {{ic|/var/www}}, append this location to your configuration, e.g. {{ic|/etc/nginx/nginx.conf}}:
+ location /gitweb/ {
+        index index.cgi;
+        include fastcgi_params;
+        gzip off;
+        if ($uri ~ "/gitweb/index.cgi") {
+                fastcgi_param   GITWEB_CONFIG  /etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf
+                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9001;
+        }
+ }
+===Gitweb config===
+Next we need to make a gitweb config file. Open (or create if it does not exist) the file {{ic|/etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf}} and place this in it:
+{{hc|/etc/conf.d/gitweb.conf|<nowiki>
+$git_temp = "/tmp";
+# The directories where your projects are. Must not end with a slash.
+$projectroot = "/path/to/your/repositories";
+# Base URLs for links displayed in the web interface.
+our @git_base_url_list = qw(git://<your_server> http://git@<your_server>);
+</nowiki>}}
+To enable "blame" view (showing the author of each line in a source file), add the following line:
+ $feature{'blame'}{'default'} = [1];
 Now the the configuration is done, please restart your webserver.
 For apache:
-  /etc/rc.d/httpd restart
+  systemctl restart httpd
 Or for lighttpd:
-  /etc/rc.d/lighttpd restart
+  systemctl restart lighttpd
+===Syntax highlighting===
-=Adding repositories=
+To enable syntax highlighting with Gitweb, you have to first install the {{Pkg|highlight}} package from <nowiki>[community]</nowiki>:
-To add a repository go to your repository folder. There make your repository like so:
+ pacman -S highlight
+When highlight has been installed, simply add this line to your {{ic|gitweb.conf}}:
+{{bc|<nowiki>$feature{'highlight'}{'default'} = [1];</nowiki>}}
+Save the file and highlighting should now be enabled.
+==Adding repositories==
+To add a repository go to your repository folder, make your repository like so:
   mkdir my_repository.git
   git init --bare my_repository.git/
@@ Line 68: / Line 118: @@
 I assumed that you want to have this repository as "central" repository storage where you push your commits to so the git-daemon-export-ok and --bare are here to have minimal overhead and to allow the git daemon to be used on it.
-That is all for making a repository. You can now see it on your http://localhost/gitweb (assuming everything went fine). You don't need to restart apache for new repositories since the gitweb cgi script simply reads your repository folder.
+That is all for making a repository. You can now see it on your http://localhost/gitweb (assuming everything went fine). You do not need to restart apache for new repositories since the gitweb cgi script simply reads your repository folder.
-=Git daemon=
-{{Note|The git daemon only allows read access. For write access look at "Git SSH".}}
-This will allow url's like "git clone git://localhost/my_repository.git".
-Edit configuration file for git-dameon /etc/conf.d/git-daemon.conf (GIT_REPO is a place with your git projects), then start git-daemon with root privileges:
- /etc/rc.d/git-daemon start
-To run the git-daemon every time at boot, just append git-deamon to DAEMONS line in /etc/rc.conf file.
-Clients can now simply use:
- git clone git://localhost/my_repository.git
-=Git SSH=
-You first need to have a public SSH key. For that follow the guide at [[Using SSH Keys]]. To setup SSH itself you need to follow the [[SSH]] guide. I assume you have a public SSH key now and your SSH is working.
-Open your SSH key in your favorite editor (default public key name is id_rsa.pub and is located in ~/.ssh) and copy it's content (CTRL + C).
-Now go to your user where you have made your git repository, since we now need to allow that SSH key to login on that user to access the GIT repository.
-Open this file in your favorite editor (i use nano)
- nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-and paste the contents of id_rsa.pub in it. Be sure it is all on one line! That is important! It should look somewhat like this:
-{{Warning|Do not copy the line below! It is an example! It will not work if you use that line!}}
- ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQCboOH6AotCh4OcwJgsB4AtXzDo9Gzhl+BAHuEvnDRHNSYIURqGN4CrP+b5Bx/iLrRFOBv58TcZz1jyJ2PaGwT74kvVOe9JCCdgw4nSMBV44cy+6cTJiv6f1tw8pHRS2H6nHC9SCSAWkMX4rpiSQ0wkhjug+GtBWOXDaotIzrFwLw== username@hostname
-Now you can checkout your git repo this way (change where needed. Here it's using the git username and localhost):
- git clone git@localhost:my_repository.git
-You should now get an SSH yes/no question. Type yes followed by enter. Then you should have your repository checked out. Since this is with SSH you also do have commit rights now. For that look at [[Git]] and [[Super Quick Git Guide]].
-=Thanx to...=
+==Thanks to...==
 This howto was mainly based on the awesome howto from howtoforge: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-a-public-git-repository-on-a-debian-server I only picked the parts that are needed to get it working and left the additional things out.