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| author | Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com> | |
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| committer | Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com> | |
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Note that the dumb http transport is a fallback
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@@ -225,9 +225,13 @@ enable-html-serving:: enable-http-clone:: If set to "1", cgit acts as a dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones. Adding "http://$HTTP_HOST$SCRIPT_NAME/$CGIT_REPO_URL" to clone-url exposes it. - The files it serves come straight off the disk and are never cached. A - site that serves git repositories another way can turn this off. - Default value: "1". + The files it serves come straight off the disk and are never cached. + Most sites can leave this as it is, though the dumb transport is git's + older one and is not recommended. cgit does not speak the smart + protocol git prefers, so a site that wants it routes clone requests to + git-http-backend in its web server, and smart clients use that + instead. A site that serves git repositories another way can turn this + off. Default value: "1". enable-index-links:: Flag which, when set to "1", makes cgit generate extra links for each |