X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.ps.run/ps-cgit/blobdiff_plain/3cb5d86dc68bab4883bf5a7cbc90f3e266237355..fe36f84d843cd755c6dab629a0758264de5bcc00:/cgitrc.5.txt diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt index 8a0a9c9..12a843b 100644 --- a/cgitrc.5.txt +++ b/cgitrc.5.txt @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ 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. See also: "FILTER API". + get the content of the about-file on its STDIN, the name of the file + as the first argument, and the STDOUT from the command will be + included verbatim on the about page. Default value: none. See + also: "FILTER API". agefile:: Specifies a path, relative to each repository path, which can be used @@ -288,8 +289,9 @@ project-list:: EXPANSION". readme:: - Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default - value: none. + Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Multiple + files may be specified, separated by a space, and cgit will use the + first found file in this list. Default value: none. remove-suffix:: If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found @@ -507,7 +509,10 @@ repo.readme:: git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd". If the value begins with a colon, i.e. ":docs/readme.rst", the default branch of the - repository will be used. Default value: . + repository will be used. Sharing any file will expose that entire + directory tree to the "/about/PATH" endpoints, so be sure that there + are no non-public files located in the same directory as the readme + file. Default value: . repo.snapshots:: A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the @@ -542,9 +547,11 @@ config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc". FILTER API ---------- about filter:: - This filter is given no arguments. The about text that is to be - filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is - expected on standard output. + This filter is given a single parameter: the filename of the source + file to filter. The filter can use the filename to determine (for + example) the type of syntax to follow when formatting the readme file. + The about text that is to be filtered is available on standard input + and the filtered text is expected on standard output. commit filter:: This filter is given no arguments. The commit message text that is to