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| author | Jonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk> | 2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk> | 2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100 |
| commit | 43efcf42382e87de4aa423e5e1607958ad1717d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e19a0765b0dd6885fbdf69d3a8d0159a1b42de8 /gitweb/INSTALL | |
| parent | 45d74c4b0fe38218b4569a90da7102cf48d616c2 (diff) | |
| parent | c7fd06b6411fb04eb4d9acd7f8822a288a50dc17 (diff) | |
| download | git-43efcf42382e87de4aa423e5e1607958ad1717d0.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'baserock/jonathanmaw/S9007/upgrade-git' into baserock/morphbaserock/morph
Reviewed-by: Lars Wirzenius <lars.wirzenius@codethink.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Silverstone <daniel.silverstone@codethink.co.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'gitweb/INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | gitweb/INSTALL | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL index 6d45406797..408f2859d3 100644 --- a/gitweb/INSTALL +++ b/gitweb/INSTALL @@ -243,14 +243,11 @@ for gitweb (in gitweb/README), and gitweb.conf(5) manpage. GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM build configuration variable, and override it through the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM environment variable. - Note that if per-instance configuration file exists, then system-wide - configuration is _not used at all_. This is quite untypical and suprising - behavior. On the other hand changing current behavior would break backwards - compatibility and can lead to unexpected changes in gitweb behavior. - Therefore gitweb also looks for common system-wide configuration file, - normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf (set during build time using build time - configuration variable GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON, set it at runtime using - environment variable with the same name). Settings from per-instance or + Note that the GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM system-wide configuration file is + only used for instances that lack per-instance configuration file. + You can use GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON common system-wide configuration + file (normally /etc/gitweb-common.conf) to keep common default + settings that apply to all instances. Settings from per-instance or system-wide configuration file override those from common system-wide configuration file. |