10 cgitrc - runtime configuration for cgit
15 Cgitrc contains all runtime settings for cgit, including the list of git
16 repositories, formatted as a line-separated list of NAME=VALUE pairs. Blank
17 lines, and lines starting with '#', are ignored.
22 The default location of cgitrc, defined at compile time, is /etc/cgitrc. At
23 runtime, cgit will consult the environment variable CGIT_CONFIG and, if
24 defined, use its value instead.
30 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format the content of
31 about pages (both top-level and for each repository). The command will
32 get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, the name of the file
33 as the first argument, and the STDOUT from the command will be
34 included verbatim on the about page. Default value: none. See
38 Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used
39 to specify the date and time of the youngest commit in the repository.
40 The first line in the file is used as input to the "parse_date"
41 function in libgit. Recommended timestamp-format is "yyyy-mm-dd
42 hh:mm:ss". You may want to generate this file from a post-receive
43 hook. Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
46 Specifies a command that will be invoked for authenticating repository
47 access. Receives quite a few arguments, and data on both stdin and
48 stdout for authentication processing. Details follow later in this
49 document. If no auth-filter is specified, no authentication is
50 performed. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API".
53 Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
54 list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
58 Path used to store the cgit cache entries. Default value:
59 "/var/cache/cgit". See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
62 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
63 version of repository pages accessed with a fixed SHA1. Negative
64 values have infinite ttl. Default value: -1".
67 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
68 version of repository pages accessed without a fixed SHA1. Negative
69 values have infinite ttl. Default value: "5".
72 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
73 version of the repository summary page. Negative values have infinite
74 ttl. Default value: "5".
77 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
78 version of the repository index page. Negative values have infinite
79 ttl. Default value: "5".
82 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
83 of scanning a path for git repositories. Negative values have infinite
84 ttl. Default value: "15".
87 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
88 version of the repository about page. Negative values have infinite
89 ttl. Default value: "15".
92 Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
93 version of snapshots. Negative values have infinite ttl. Default
97 The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
98 (i.e. caching is disabled).
100 case-sensitive-sort::
101 Sort items in the repo list case sensitively. Default value: "1".
102 See also: repository-sort, section-sort.
105 Space-separated list of common prefixes which, when combined with a
106 repository url, generates valid clone urls for the repository. This
107 setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
111 Space-separated list of clone-url templates. This setting is only
112 used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value: none. See
113 also: "MACRO EXPANSION", "FILTER API".
116 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
117 The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
118 command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
119 be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
120 See also: "FILTER API".
123 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
124 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
125 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
129 Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
130 Default value: "/cgit.css".
133 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format names and email
134 address of committers, authors, and taggers, as represented in various
135 places throughout the cgit interface. This command will receive an
136 email address and an origin page string as its command line arguments,
137 and the text to format on STDIN. It is to write the formatted text back
138 out onto STDOUT. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API".
141 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate a html fragment
142 suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
145 enable-commit-graph::
146 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print an ASCII-art commit
147 history graph to the left of the commit messages in the repository
148 log page. Default value: "0".
150 enable-filter-overrides::
151 Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
152 overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
155 If set to "1", cgit will act as an dumb HTTP endpoint for git clones.
156 You can add "http://$HTTP_HOST$SCRIPT_NAME/$CGIT_REPO_URL" to clone-url
157 to expose this feature. If you use an alternate way of serving git
158 repositories, you may wish to disable this. Default value: "1".
161 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
162 each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
163 "commit" and "tree" pages). Default value: "0".
166 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display the owner of
167 each repo in the repository index. Default value: "1".
169 enable-log-filecount::
170 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of
171 modified files for each commit on the repository log page. Default
174 enable-log-linecount::
175 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit print the number of added
176 and removed lines for each commit on the repository log page. Default
179 enable-remote-branches::
180 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
181 in the summary and refs views. Default value: "0". See also:
182 "repo.enable-remote-branches".
184 enable-subject-links::
185 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit use the subject of the
186 parent commit as link text when generating links to parent commits
187 in commit view. Default value: "0". See also:
188 "repo.enable-subject-links".
190 enable-tree-linenumbers::
191 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate linenumber links
192 for plaintext blobs printed in the tree view. Default value: "1".
195 Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to use git config to set
196 any repo specific settings. This option is used in conjunction with
197 "scan-path", and must be defined prior, to augment repo-specific
198 settings. The keys gitweb.owner, gitweb.category, and gitweb.description
199 will map to the cgit keys repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc,
200 respectively. All git config keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped
201 to the corresponding "repo." key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also:
202 scan-path, section-from-path.
205 Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. It is suggested to use
206 the value "/favicon.ico" since certain browsers will ignore other
207 values. Default value: "/favicon.ico".
210 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
211 verbatim at the bottom of all pages (i.e. it replaces the standard
212 "generated by..." message. Default value: none.
215 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
216 verbatim in the html HEAD section on all pages. Default value: none.
219 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
220 verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none.
223 Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config-
224 file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
227 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
228 verbatim above the repository index. This setting is deprecated, and
229 will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-readme instead). Default
233 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
234 verbatim below the heading on the repository index page. This setting
235 is deprecated, and will not be supported by cgit-1.0 (use root-desc
236 instead). Default value: none.
239 Flag which, if set to "1", makes cgit print commit and tag times in the
240 servers timezone. Default value: "0".
243 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
244 on all cgit pages. Default value: "/cgit.png".
247 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
248 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
252 Specifies the number of items to display in atom feeds view. Default
256 Specifies the number of entries to list per page in "log" view. Default
260 Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
261 "log" view. Default value: "80".
264 Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the repository
265 index page. Default value: "50".
267 max-repodesc-length::
268 Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
269 on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
272 Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
273 Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
276 Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
277 "month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
278 disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
281 Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
282 by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
285 Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
286 then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
287 found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
288 to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. The format of the file must
290 - a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
291 optionally preceded by whitespace
292 - a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
293 by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
294 Default value: none. See also: "mimetype.<ext>".
297 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
298 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
299 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
303 If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
304 deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
308 If set to "1" showing full author email addresses will be disabled.
312 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
313 on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
316 A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
317 should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
318 scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path, "MACRO
322 Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Multiple
323 config keys may be specified, and cgit will use the first found file
324 in this list. This is useful in conjunction with scan-path. Default
325 value: none. See also: scan-path, repo.readme.
328 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
329 with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
330 name. This must be defined prior to scan-path. Default value: "0".
334 Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
335 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
336 `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
339 Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
340 supported in cgit-1.0.
343 The way in which repositories in each section are sorted. Valid values
344 are "name" for sorting by the repo name or "age" for sorting by the
345 most recently updated repository. Default value: "name". See also:
346 section, case-sensitive-sort, section-sort.
349 Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
353 Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
354 value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
357 The content of the file specified with this option will be included
358 verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
362 Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
363 "Git Repository Browser".
366 If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, scan-path will recurse into
367 directories whose name starts with a period ('.'). Otherwise,
368 scan-path will stay away from such directories (considered as
369 "hidden"). Note that this does not apply to the ".git" directory in
370 non-bare repos. This must be defined prior to scan-path.
371 Default value: 0. See also: scan-path.
374 A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
375 the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
376 directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
377 scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
378 project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
379 before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
380 Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
384 The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
385 after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
389 Flag which, when set to "1", will sort the sections on the repository
390 listing by name. Set this flag to "0" if the order in the cgitrc file should
391 be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section,
392 case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort.
395 A number which, if defined prior to scan-path, specifies how many
396 path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
397 If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
398 above the repo directory. Default value: "0".
401 If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
402 default. Default value: "0".
405 Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats that cgit
406 generates links for. The value is a space-separated list of zero or
407 more of the values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip".
411 Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
412 in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
413 and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
414 from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
415 this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
416 none. See also: "FILTER API".
419 Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
420 view. Default value: "10".
423 Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
424 "summary" view. Default value: "10".
427 Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
428 view. Default value: "10".
431 Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
432 for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
433 gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
434 repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option must
435 be defined prior to scan-path.
438 Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
439 will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
440 '/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
442 NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
443 same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.
449 Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
450 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
453 Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
454 list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
458 A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
459 Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".
462 Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
463 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
466 Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
467 commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
468 ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
472 The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
473 exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
474 as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
475 "master" if there is no suitable HEAD.
478 The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
481 Override the default email-filter. Default value: none. See also:
482 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
484 repo.enable-commit-graph::
485 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
486 `enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.
488 repo.enable-log-filecount::
489 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
490 `enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
492 repo.enable-log-linecount::
493 A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
494 `enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
496 repo.enable-remote-branches::
497 Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
498 in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
500 repo.enable-subject-links::
501 A flag which can be used to override the global setting
502 `enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
505 Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
506 on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.
509 Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
510 calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
511 value: global logo-link.
514 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
515 submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
516 formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
519 repo.module-link.<path>::
520 Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
521 submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
522 directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
523 of the submodule commit. Default value: none.
526 Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
527 to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
531 The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
534 A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
538 An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
539 this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
542 A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
543 verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
544 git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
545 a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd". If the value begins
546 with a colon, i.e. ":docs/readme.rst", the default branch of the
547 repository will be used. Sharing any file will expose that entire
548 directory tree to the "/about/PATH" endpoints, so be sure that there
549 are no non-public files located in the same directory as the readme
550 file. Default value: <readme>.
553 A mask of snapshot formats for this repo that cgit generates links for,
554 restricted by the global "snapshots" setting. Default value:
558 Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
562 Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
563 "enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".
566 The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
567 setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
570 REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
571 -------------------------------
572 When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
573 will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
574 repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
575 described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
576 options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
577 "enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
579 Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
580 config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
585 By default, filters are separate processes that are executed each time they
586 are needed. Alternative technologies may be used by prefixing the filter
587 specification with the relevant string; available values are:
590 The default "one process per filter" mode.
593 Executes the script using a built-in Lua interpreter. The script is
594 loaded once per execution of cgit, and may be called multiple times
595 during cgit's lifetime, making it a good choice for repeated filters
596 such as the 'email filter'. It responds to three functions:
598 'filter_open(argument1, argument2, argument3, ...)'::
599 This is called upon activation of the filter for a particular
601 'filter_write(buffer)'::
602 This is called whenever cgit writes data to the webpage.
604 This is called when the current filtering operation is
605 completed. It must return an integer value. Usually 0
608 Additionally, cgit exposes to the Lua the following built-in functions:
611 Writes 'str' to the webpage.
613 HTML escapes and writes 'str' to the webpage.
615 HTML escapes for an attribute and writes "str' to the webpage.
616 'html_url_path(str)'::
617 URL escapes for a path and writes 'str' to the webpage.
618 'html_url_arg(str)'::
619 URL escapes for an argument and writes 'str' to the webpage.
620 'html_include(file)'::
621 Includes 'file' in webpage.
624 Parameters are provided to filters as follows.
627 This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
628 file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
629 example) the type of syntax to follow when formatting the readme file.
630 The about text that is to be filtered is available on standard input
631 and the filtered text is expected on standard output.
634 This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to
635 be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
636 expected on standard output.
639 This filter is given two parameters: the email address of the relevent
640 author and a string indicating the originating page. The filter will
641 then receive the text string to format on standard input and is
642 expected to write to standard output the formatted text to be included
646 This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source
647 file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for
648 example) the syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
649 file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
650 filtered contents is expected on standard output.
653 The authentication filter receives 12 parameters:
654 - filter action, explained below, which specifies which action the
665 When the filter action is "body", this filter must write to output the
666 HTML for displaying the login form, which POSTs to the login url. When
667 the filter action is "authenticate-cookie", this filter must validate
668 the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid,
669 in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is
670 "authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on
671 standard input, and should write a complete CGI request, preferably
672 with a 302 redirect, and write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
673 HTTP headers, each followed by a newline.
675 Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example
676 script that may be modified.
679 All filters are handed the following environment variables:
681 - CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
682 - CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
683 - CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
684 - CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
685 - CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
686 - CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
687 - CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)
689 If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
690 setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
691 environment variable will be unset.
696 The following cgitrc options support a simple macro expansion feature,
697 where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similarly
698 named environment variable:
705 Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
708 One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
709 can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:
711 include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST
713 The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
714 the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":
724 # Enable caching of up to 1000 output entries
728 # Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
729 clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL
731 # Specify the css url
735 # Show owner on index page
739 # Allow http transport git clone
743 # Show extra links for each repository on the index page
747 # Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
748 enable-commit-graph=1
751 # Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
752 enable-log-filecount=1
755 # Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
756 enable-log-linecount=1
759 # Sort branches by date
771 # Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
775 # Set the title and heading of the repository index page
776 root-title=example.com git repositories
779 # Set a subheading for the repository index page
780 root-desc=tracking the foobar development
783 # Include some more info about example.com on the index page
784 root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html
787 # Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
788 snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip
792 ## List of common mimetypes
795 mimetype.gif=image/gif
796 mimetype.html=text/html
797 mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
798 mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
799 mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
800 mimetype.png=image/png
801 mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
804 # Highlight source code with python pygments-based highlighter
805 source-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.py
807 # Format markdown, restructuredtext, manpages, text files, and html files
808 # through the right converters
809 about-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/about-formatting.sh
812 ## Search for these files in the root of the default branch of repositories
813 ## for coming up with the about page:
846 ## List of repositories.
847 ## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
848 ## displayed under a section heading
849 ## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
850 ## and included like this:
851 ## include=/etc/cgitrepos
856 repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
857 repo.desc=the master foo repository
858 repo.owner=fooman@example.com
859 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
863 repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
864 repo.desc=the bars for your foo
865 repo.owner=barman@example.com
866 repo.readme=info/web/about.html
869 # The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
874 repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
875 repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users
878 repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
879 repo.desc=the wizard of foo
882 # Add some mirrored repositories
887 repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
892 repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
895 # Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
898 # Disable line-counts for this repo
899 repo.enable-log-linecount=0
901 # Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
908 Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
909 will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:
911 robots=index # allow indexing
913 will generate the following html element:
915 <meta name='robots' content='index # allow indexing'/>
921 Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
922 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>