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@@ -9,45 +9,40 @@ Installation ------------ Building cgit involves building a proper version of Git. How to do this depends -on how you obtained the cgit sources: +on how you obtained the cgit sources. -a) If you're working in a cloned cgit repository, you first need to initialize -and update the Git submodule: +In a cloned cgit repository, first initialize and update the Git submodule. $ git submodule init # register the Git submodule in .git/config $ $EDITOR .git/config # if you want to specify a different url for git $ git submodule update # clone/fetch and checkout correct git version -b) If you're building from a cgit tarball, you can download a proper git version -like this: +From a cgit tarball, download a proper git version instead. $ make get-git -When either a) or b) has been performed, you can build and install cgit like -this: +With the Git tree in place, build and install cgit. $ make $ sudo make install -This will install `cgit.cgi` and `cgit.css` into `/var/www/htdocs/cgit`. You can -configure this location (and a few other things) by providing a `cgit.conf` file -(see the Makefile for details). +This installs cgit.cgi and cgit.css into /var/www/htdocs/cgit. The location and +a few other things can be changed by providing a cgit.conf file, see the +Makefile for details. The only required library is zlib. cgit builds without OpenSSL or libcurl, so no development packages for those are needed. -Lua is optional and only powers the lua: filter extensions (the filters in -custom/extensions/). A plain build auto-detects a Lua through pkg-config, -preferring LuaJIT, and falls back to a Lua-less binary when none is found. - -To pin an implementation: +Lua is optional and only powers the lua: filter extensions, the filters in +custom/extensions/. A plain build auto-detects a Lua through pkg-config, +preferring LuaJIT, and falls back to a Lua-less binary when none is found. To +pin an implementation, name its pkg-config module. $ make LUA_PKGCONFIG=lua5.4 Acceptable LUA_PKGCONFIG values include "luajit", "lua", "lua5.4", "lua5.3", -"lua5.2" and "lua5.1". - -To build without Lua, so the binary needs no Lua at runtime: +"lua5.2" and "lua5.1". To build without Lua, so the binary needs no Lua at +runtime, turn it off. $ make NO_LUA=1 @@ -56,32 +51,30 @@ Setup ----- cgit is a CGI program. Complete, commented configurations for nginx, Apache and -lighttpd live in `custom/servers/`, each explaining how that server routes +lighttpd live in custom/servers/, each explaining how that server routes requests to the binary and serves the static assets off disk. -At runtime cgit reads `/etc/cgitrc` for its options and for the list of +At runtime cgit reads /etc/cgitrc for its options and for the list of repositories to display. A fully commented starting point with every option at -its default is in `custom/cgitrc`, and `MANUAL.txt` documents each option in -full. +its default is in custom/cgitrc, and MANUAL.txt documents each option in full. Filter extensions ----------------- -The optional Lua filters in `custom/extensions/` mostly need extra Lua modules, +The optional Lua filters in custom/extensions/ mostly need extra Lua modules, and each script's header lists the exact install commands for its own. -* The auth filters (`auth-file.lua`, `auth-inline.lua`) need `luaossl` and - `luaposix`. -* The email filters (`email-gravatar.lua`, `email-libravatar.lua`) need - `luaossl`. -* The syntax highlighter (`syntax-highlight.lua`) needs `lpeg` and a Scintillua +* The auth filters, auth-file.lua and auth-inline.lua, need luaossl and + luaposix. +* The email filters, email-gravatar.lua and email-libravatar.lua, need luaossl. +* The syntax highlighter, syntax-highlight.lua, needs lpeg and a Scintillua lexer set. -* The about-page renderer (`about-render.lua`) needs `lpeg` for markdown and man +* The about-page renderer, about-render.lua, needs lpeg for markdown and man pages. Plain text needs only Lua. -* `link-commits.lua` and `link-trailers.lua` need nothing beyond Lua itself. +* link-commits.lua and link-trailers.lua need nothing beyond Lua itself. -`luaossl` has no Lua 5.5 build, so build cgit against 5.1 to 5.4 if you use the +luaossl has no Lua 5.5 build, so build cgit against 5.1 to 5.4 if you use the auth or email filters. @@ -115,7 +108,7 @@ one, where a value of all marks the few not tied to particular pages. | id2 | diff patch rawdiff | second object of a diff, paired with id | | ofs | index log refs stats | offset into a paged listing | | path | all | restrict the page to one path | -| q | log | the search term | +| q | log | the search term, matched literally | | qt | log | one of grep, author, committer or range | | s | index | sort key for the listing | | showmsg | log | show full commit messages | |