CGITRC(5)


Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. SYNOPSIS
3. LOCATION
4. GLOBAL SETTINGS
5. REPOSITORY SETTINGS
6. REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
7. EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
8. BUGS
9. AUTHOR

1. NAME

cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit

2. SYNOPSIS

Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank lines, and lines starting with #, are ignored.

3. LOCATION

The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if defined, use its value instead.

4. GLOBAL SETTINGS

about-filter
Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the content of about pages (both top-level and for each repository). The command will get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the command will be included verbatim on the about page. Default value: none.
agefile
Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository. The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date" function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss". Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
cache-root
Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value: "/var/cache/cgit".
cache-dynamic-ttl
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Default value: "5".
cache-repo-ttl
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached version of the repository summary page. Default value: "5".
cache-root-ttl
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
cache-scanrc-ttl
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result of scanning a path for git repositories. Default value: "15".
cache-size
The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0" (i.e. caching is disabled).
cache-static-ttl
Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Default value: "5".
clone-prefix
Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This setting is only used if repo.clone-url is unspecified. Default value: none.
commit-filter
Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages. The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
css
Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.css".
embedded
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See also: "noheader".
enable-commit-graph
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository log page. Default value: "0".
enable-filter-overrides
Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
enable-gitweb-owner
If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, we first check each repository for the git config value "gitweb.owner" to determine the owner. Default value: "1". See also: scan-path.
enable-index-links
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary", "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
enable-log-filecount
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default value: "0".
enable-log-linecount
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default value: "0".
enable-remote-branches
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also: "repo.enable-remote-branches".
enable-subject-links
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits in commit view. Default value: "0". See also: "repo.enable-subject-links".
enable-tree-linenumbers
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
favicon
Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is suggested to use the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will ignore other values. Default value: none.
footer
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard "generated by…" message. Default value: none.
head-include
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
header
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
include
Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config- file is parsed. Default value: none.
index-header
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default value: none.
index-info
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc instead). Default value: none.
local-time
Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the servers timezone. Default value: "0".
logo
Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
logo-link
Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default value: none.
max-atom-items
Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default value: "10".
max-commit-count
Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default value: "50".
max-message-length
Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in "log" view. Default value: "80".
max-repo-count
Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the repository index page. Default value: "50".
max-repodesc-length
Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
max-blob-size
Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes. Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
max-stats
Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week", "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
mimetype.<ext>
Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used by the plain command when returning blob content.
module-link
Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s"
nocache
If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default value: "0".
noplainemail
If set to "1" showing full author email adresses will be disabled. Default value: "0".
noheader
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
project-list
A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path.
readme
Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default value: none.
remove-suffix
If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
renamelimit
Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at man git-diff). Default value: "-1".
repo.group
Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be supported in cgit-1.0.
robots
Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value: "index, nofollow".
root-desc
Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
root-readme
The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default value: none.
root-title
Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value: "Git Repository Browser".
scan-hidden-path
If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into directories whose name starts with a period (.). Otherwise, scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path. Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
scan-path
A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled, the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path, scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by project-list. Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list.
section
The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value: none.
section-from-path
A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name. If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements above the repo directory. Default value: 0.
side-by-side-diffs
If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per default. Default value: "0".
snapshots
Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2" and "zip". Default value: none.
source-filter
Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e. this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value: none.
summary-branches
Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary" view. Default value: "10".
summary-log
Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository "summary" view. Default value: "10".
summary-tags
Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary" view. Default value: "10".
strict-export
Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate gitweb’s EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit’s repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come before scan-path.
virtual-root
Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It will also cause cgit to generate virtual urls, i.e. urls like /cgit/tree/README as opposed to ?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README. Default value: none. NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.

5. REPOSITORY SETTINGS

repo.about-filter
Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also: "enable-filter-overrides".
repo.clone-url
A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo. Default value: none.
repo.commit-filter
Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also: "enable-filter-overrides".
repo.defbranch
The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used as default instead. Default value: "master".
repo.desc
The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
repo.enable-commit-graph
A flag which can be used to disable the global setting ‘enable-commit-graph’. Default value: none.
repo.enable-log-filecount
A flag which can be used to disable the global setting ‘enable-log-filecount’. Default value: none.
repo.enable-log-linecount
A flag which can be used to disable the global setting ‘enable-log-linecount’. Default value: none.
repo.enable-remote-branches
Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
repo.enable-subject-links
A flag which can be used to override the global setting ‘enable-subject-links’. Default value: none.
repo.logo
Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo on this repo’s pages. Default value: global logo.
repo.logo-link
Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default value: global logo-link.
repo.max-stats
Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default value: none.
repo.name
The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
repo.owner
A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value: none.
repo.path
An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
repo.readme
A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
repo.snapshots
A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the "snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
repo.section
Override the current section name for this repository. Default value: none.
repo.source-filter
Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also: "enable-filter-overrides".
repo.url
The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.

6. REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE

When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter" options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when "enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".

Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".

7. EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE

# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
cache-size=1000


# Specify some default clone prefixes
clone-prefix=git://example.com ssh://example.com/pub/git http://example.com/git

# Specify the css url
css=/css/cgit.css


# Show extra links for each repository on the index page
enable-index-links=1


# Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
enable-commit-graph=1


# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
enable-log-filecount=1


# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
enable-log-linecount=1


# Add a cgit favicon
favicon=/favicon.ico


# Use a custom logo
logo=/img/mylogo.png


# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
max-stats=quarter


# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
root-title=example.com git repositories


# Set a subheading for the repository index page
root-desc=tracking the foobar development


# Include some more info about example.com on the index page
root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html


# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip


##
## List of common mimetypes
##

mimetype.gif=image/gif
mimetype.html=text/html
mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
mimetype.png=image/png
mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml


##
## List of repositories.
## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
##     displayed under a section heading
## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
##      and included like this:
##        include=/etc/cgitrepos
##


repo.url=foo
repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
repo.desc=the master foo repository
repo.owner=fooman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html


repo.url=bar
repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
repo.desc=the bars for your foo
repo.owner=barman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html


# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
section=extras


repo.url=baz
repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users

repo.url=wiz
repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
repo.desc=the wizard of foo


# Add some mirrored repositories
section=mirrors


repo.url=git
repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
repo.desc=the dscm


repo.url=linux
repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
repo.desc=the kernel

# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
repo.snapshots=0

# Disable line-counts for this repo
repo.enable-log-linecount=0

# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
repo.max-stats=month

8. BUGS

Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:

robots=index  # allow indexing

will generate the following html element:

<meta name='robots' content='index  # allow indexing'/>

9. AUTHOR

Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>