Add standard interface for file diff functions

[ps-cgit] / README

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@@ -8,32 +8,74 @@ builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure.
 
 Installation
 
 
 Installation
 

-$ $EDITOR Makefile
-$ make
-$ sudo make install
+  $ make
+  $ su
+  $ make install

 
 

-Note: cgit requires the git and xdiff libraries. Currently, the makefile
-expects these files to be found in '../git/libgit.a' and '../git/xdiff/lib.a',
-where they will be if you have built git from source in a parallell directory.
+This will install cgit.cgi and cgit.css into "/var/www/htdocs/cgit".
+
+Note: The initial "make" will create a submodule 'git' and clone the git
+repository at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git in it. If you
+already have a local git git repository that you want to use as origin
+for the submodule, run
+
+  $ git clone -s <path-to-git-repo> git
+  $ ./submodules.sh -u
+
+before running "make".
+
+
+Dependencies
+
+  -git (1.5.2-rc0 or newer, due to git submodule) installed
+  -zip lib
+  -crypto lib
+  -openssl lib
+
+
+Apache configuration
+
+A new Directory-section must probably be added for cgit, possibly something
+like this:
+
+  <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cgit/">
+      AllowOverride None
+      Options ExecCGI
+      Order allow,deny
+      Allow from all
+  </Directory>

 
 
 Runtime configuration
 
 
 
 Runtime configuration
 

-The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. A template 
-cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default values 
-can be found in this file.
+The file /etc/cgitrc is read by cgit before handling a request. In addition
+to runtime parameters, this file also contains a list of the repositories
+displayed by cgit.
+
+A template cgitrc is shipped with the sources, and all parameters and default
+values are documented in this file.

 
 
 The cache
 
 
 
 The cache
 

-When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and 
-returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired), 
+When cgit is invoked it looks for a cachefile matching the request and
+returns it to the client. If no such cachefile exist (or if it has expired),

 the content for the request is written into the proper cachefile before the
 file is returned.
 
 the content for the request is written into the proper cachefile before the
 file is returned.
 

-If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the 
+If the cachefile has expired but cgit is unable to obtain a lock for it, the

 stale cachefile is returned to the client. This is done to favour page
 throughput over page freshness.
 
 The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including
 the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires".
 stale cachefile is returned to the client. This is done to favour page
 throughput over page freshness.
 
 The generated content contains the complete response to the client, including
 the http-headers "Modified" and "Expires".

+
+
+The mis(sing) features
+
+Submodule links in the directory listing page have a fixed format per
+repository. This should probably be extended to a generic map between
+submodule path and url.
+
+
+The end.