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Greg Hurrell a45e390ad6 gitweb: use HEAD as secondary sort key in git_get_heads_list() The "heads" section on the gitweb summary page shows heads in `-committerdate` order (ie. the most recently-modified ones at the top), tie-breaking equal-dated refs using the implicit `refname` sort fallback. This recency-based ordering appears in multiple places in the UI, such as the project listing, the tags list, and even the shortlog and log views. Given two equal-dated refs, however, sorting the `HEAD` ref before the non-`HEAD` ref provides more useful signal than merely sorting by refname. For example, say we had "master" and "trunk" both pointing at the same commit but "trunk" was `HEAD`, sorting "trunk" first helps communicate its special status as the default branch that you'll check out if you clone the repo. Add `-HEAD` as a secondary sort key to the `git for-each-ref` call in `git_get_heads_list()` to provide the desired behavior. The most recently committed refs will appear first, but `HEAD`-ness will be used as a tie-breaker. Note that `refname` is the implicit fallback sort key, which means that two same-dated non-`HEAD` refs will continue to be sorted in lexicographical order, as they are today. Signed-off-by: Greg Hurrell <greg@hurrell.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2021-06-10 09:49:20 +09:00
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static	gitweb: correctly store previous rev in javascript-actions mode	2019-10-28 11:06:57 +09:00
gitweb.perl	gitweb: use HEAD as secondary sort key in git_get_heads_list()	2021-06-10 09:49:20 +09:00
INSTALL	gitweb: hard-depend on the Digest::MD5 5.8 module	2018-03-05 10:52:27 -08:00
Makefile	gitweb/Makefile: conditionally include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE	2020-12-08 16:56:56 -08:00
README	gitweb/README: remove reference to git.kernel.org	2013-03-07 11:38:33 -08:00

README

GIT web Interface
=================

From the git version 1.4.0 gitweb is bundled with git.


Build time gitweb configuration
-------------------------------
There are many configuration variables which affect building gitweb (among
others creating gitweb.cgi out of gitweb.perl by replacing placeholders such
as `++GIT_BINDIR++` by their build-time values).

Building and installing gitweb is described in gitweb's INSTALL file
(in 'gitweb/INSTALL').


Runtime gitweb configuration
----------------------------
Gitweb obtains configuration data from the following sources in the
following order:

1. built-in values (some set during build stage),
2. common system-wide configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON`,
   defaults to '/etc/gitweb-common.conf'),
3. either per-instance configuration file (`GITWEB_CONFIG`, defaults to
   'gitweb_config.perl' in the same directory as the installed gitweb),
   or if it does not exists then system-wide configuration file
   (`GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM`, defaults to '/etc/gitweb.conf').

Values obtained in later configuration files override values obtained earlier
in above sequence.

You can read defaults in system-wide GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM from GITWEB_CONFIG
by adding

  read_config_file($GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM);

at very beginning of per-instance GITWEB_CONFIG file.  In this case
settings in said per-instance file will override settings from
system-wide configuration file.  Note that read_config_file checks
itself that the $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM file exists.

The most notable thing that is not configurable at compile time are the
optional features, stored in the '%features' variable.

Ultimate description on how to reconfigure the default features setting
in your `GITWEB_CONFIG` or per-project in `project.git/config` can be found
as comments inside 'gitweb.cgi'.

See also gitweb.conf(5) manpage.


Web server configuration
------------------------
Gitweb can be run as CGI script, as legacy mod_perl application (using
ModPerl::Registry), and as FastCGI script.  You can find some simple examples
in "Example web server configuration" section in INSTALL file for gitweb (in
gitweb/INSTALL).

See "Webserver configuration" and "Advanced web server setup" sections in
gitweb(1) manpage.


AUTHORS
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Originally written by:
  Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

Any comment/question/concern to:
  Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>