Merge branch 'fh/mimetypes'

[ps-cgit] / cgitrc.5.txt

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@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ mimetype.<ext>::
        Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
        by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
 
+mimetype-file::
+       Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
+       then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
+       found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
+       to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. Default value: none. See
+       also: "mimetype.<ext>". The format of the file must comply to:
+       - a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
+         optionally preceded by whitespace
+       - a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
+         by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
+
 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