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gitweb/INSTALL: GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is for backward compatibility

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Highlight that CONFIG_SYSTEM and /etc/gitweb.conf are meant to be
the fallback configuration file in BUGS section of gitweb.conf
documentation.  This will hopefully help people who expect them to
be a common default, which unfortunately came later in the history.
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Jonathan Nieder 2013-04-16 15:26:00 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -857,6 +857,13 @@ adding the following lines to your gitweb configuration file:
$known_snapshot_formats{'zip'}{'disabled'} = 1;
$known_snapshot_formats{'tgz'}{'compressor'} = ['gzip','-6'];
BUGS
----
Debugging would be easier if the fallback configuration file
(`/etc/gitweb.conf`) and environment variable to override its location
('GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM') had names reflecting their "fallback" role.
The current names are kept to avoid breaking working setups.
ENVIRONMENT
-----------
The location of per-instance and system-wide configuration files can be