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clude-file in the cache
	directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
	scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
	project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
	before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
	Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list,
	"MACRO EXPANSION".

section::
	The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
	after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
	none.

section-sort::
	Flag which, when set to "1", will sort the sections on the repository
	listing by name. Set this flag to "0" if the order in the cgitrc file should
	be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section,
	case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort.

section-from-path::
	A number which, if defined prior to scan-path, specifies how many
	path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name.
	If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements
	above the repo directory. Default value: "0".

side-by-side-diffs::
	If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
	default. Default value: "0".

snapshots::
	Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats that cgit
	generates links for. The value is a space-separated list of zero or
	more of the values "tar", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2", "tar.xz" and "zip".
	Default value: none.

source-filter::
	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format plaintext blobs
	in the tree view. The command will get the blob content on its STDIN
	and the name of the blob as its only command line argument. The STDOUT
	from the command will be included verbatim as the blob contents, i.e.
	this can be used to implement e.g. syntax highlighting. Default value:
	none. See also: "FILTER API".

summary-branches::
	Specifies the number of branches to display in the repository "summary"
	view. Default value: "10".

summary-log::
	Specifies the number of log entries to display in the repository
	"summary" view. Default value: "10".

summary-tags::
	Specifies the number of tags to display in the repository "summary"
	view. Default value: "10".

strict-export::
	Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository
	for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate
	gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's
	repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option must
	be defined prior to scan-path.

virtual-root::
	Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It
	will also cause cgit to generate 'virtual urls', i.e. urls like
	'/cgit/tree/README' as opposed to '?r=cgit&p=tree&path=README'. Default
	value: none.
	NOTE: cgit has recently learned how to use PATH_INFO to achieve the
	same kind of virtual urls, so this option will probably be deprecated.


REPOSITORY SETTINGS
-------------------
repo.about-filter::
	Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".

repo.branch-sort::
	Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
	list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
	value: "name".

repo.clone-url::
	A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
	Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION".

repo.commit-filter::
	Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".

repo.commit-sort::
	Flag which, when set to "date", enables strict date ordering in the
	commit log, and when set to "topo" enables strict topological
	ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
	value: unset.

repo.defbranch::
	The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
	exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
	as default instead. Default value: branch pointed to by HEAD, or
	"master" if there is no suitable HEAD.

repo.desc::
	The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.

repo.email-filter::
	Override the default email-filter. Default value: none. See also:
	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".

repo.enable-commit-graph::
	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
	`enable-commit-graph'. Default value: none.

repo.enable-log-filecount::
	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
	`enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.

repo.enable-log-linecount::
	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
	`enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.

repo.enable-remote-branches::
	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
	in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.

repo.enable-subject-links::
	A flag which can be used to override the global setting
	`enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.

repo.hide::
	Flag which, when set to "1", hides the repository from the repository
	index. The repository can still be accessed by providing a direct path.
	Default value: "0". See also: "repo.ignore".

repo.ignore::
	Flag which, when set to "1", ignores the repository. The repository
	is not shown in the index and cannot be accessed by providing a direct
	path. Default value: "0". See also: "repo.hide".

repo.logo::
	Url which specifies the source of an image which will be used as a logo
	on this repo's pages. Default value: global logo.

repo.logo-link::
	Url loaded when clicking on the cgit logo image. If unspecified the
	calculated url of the repository index page will be used. Default
	value: global logo-link.

repo.owner-filter::
	Override the default owner-filter. Default value: none. See also:
	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".

repo.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
	formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
	value: <module-link>

repo.module-link.<path>::
	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
	submodule with the specified subdirectory path is printed in a
	directory listing. The only argument for the formatstring is the SHA1
	of the submodule commit. Default value: none.

repo.max-stats::
	Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
	to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
	value: none.

repo.name::
	The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.

repo.owner::
	A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
	none.

repo.path::
	An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
	this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.

repo.readme::
	A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
	verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
	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. 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: <readme>.

repo.snapshots::
	A mask of snapshot formats for this repo that cgit generates links for,
	restricted by the global "snapshots" setting. Default value:
	<snapshots>.

repo.section::
	Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
	none.

repo.source-filter::
	Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
	"enable-filter-overrides". See also: "FILTER API".

repo.url::
	The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
	setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.


REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
-------------------------------
When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".

Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".


FILTER API
----------
By default, filters are separate processes that are executed each time they
are needed.  Alternative technologies may be used by prefixing the filter
specification with the relevant string; available values are:

'exec:'::
	The default "one process per filter" mode.

'lua:'::
	Executes the script using a built-in Lua interpreter. The script is
	loaded once per execution of cgit, and may be called multiple times
	during cgit's lifetime, making it a good choice for repeated filters
	such as the 'email filter'. It responds to three functions:

	'filter_open(argument1, argument2, argument3, ...)'::
		This is called upon activation of the filter for a particular
		set of data.
	'filter_write(buffer)'::
		This is called whenever cgit writes data to the webpage.
	'filter_close()'::
		This is called when the current filtering operation is
		completed. It must return an integer value. Usually 0
		indicates success.

	Additionally, cgit exposes to the Lua the following built-in functions:

	'html(str)'::
		Writes 'str' to the webpage.
	'html_txt(str)'::
		HTML escapes and writes 'str' to the webpage.
	'html_attr(str)'::
		HTML escapes for an attribute and writes "str' to the webpage.
	'html_url_path(str)'::
		URL escapes for a path and writes 'str' to the webpage.
	'html_url_arg(str)'::
		URL escapes for an argument and writes 'str' to the webpage.
	'html_include(file)'::
		Includes 'file' in webpage.


Parameters are provided to filters as follows.

about filter::
	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
	be filtered is available on standard input and the filtered text is
	expected on standard output.

email filter::
	This filter is given two parameters: the email address of the relevent
	author and a string indicating the originating page. The filter will
	then receive the text string to format on standard input and is
	expected to write to standard output the formatted text to be included
	in the page.

owner filter::
	This filter is given no arguments.  The owner text is avilable on
	standard input and the filter is expected to write to standard
	output.  The output is included in the Owner column.

source filter::
	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 syntax highlighting mode. The contents of the source
	file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
	filtered contents is expected on standard output.

auth filter::
	The authentication filter receives 12 parameters:
	  - filter action, explained below, which specifies which action the
	    filter is called for
	  - http cookie
	  - http method
	  - http referer
	  - http path
	  - http https flag
	  - cgit repo
	  - cgit page
	  - cgit url
	  - cgit login url
	When the filter action is "body", this filter must write to output the
	HTML for displaying the login form, which POSTs to the login url. When
	the filter action is "authenticate-cookie", this filter must validate
	the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid,
	in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is
	"authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on
	standard input, and should write a complete CGI response, preferably
	with a 302 redirect, and write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
	HTTP headers, each followed by a newline.

	Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example
	script that may be modified.


All filters are handed the following environment variables:

- CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
- CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)
- CGIT_REPO_PATH (from repo.path)
- CGIT_REPO_OWNER (from repo.owner)
- CGIT_REPO_DEFBRANCH (from repo.defbranch)
- CGIT_REPO_SECTION (from repo.section)
- CGIT_REPO_CLONE_URL (from repo.clone-url)

If a setting is not defined for a repository and the corresponding global
setting is also not defined (if applicable), then the corresponding
environment variable will be unset.


MACRO EXPANSION
---------------
The following cgitrc options support a simple macro expansion feature,
where tokens prefixed with "$" are replaced with the value of a similarly
named environment variable:

- cache-root
- include
- project-list
- scan-path

Macro expansion will also happen on the content of $CGIT_CONFIG, if
defined.

One usage of this feature is virtual hosting, which in its simplest form
can be accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/cgitrc:

	include=/etc/cgitrc.d/$HTTP_HOST

The following options are expanded during request processing, and support
the environment variables defined in "FILTER API":

- clone-url
- repo.clone-url


CACHE
------

All cache ttl values are in minutes. Negative ttl values indicate that a page
type will never expire, and thus the first time a URL is accessed, the result
will be cached indefinitely, even if the underlying git repository changes.
Conversely, when a ttl value is zero, the cache is disabled for that
particular page type, and the page type is never cached.


EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
-------------------

....
# Enable caching of up to 1000 output entries
cache-size=1000


# Specify some default clone urls using macro expansion
clone-url=git://foo.org/$CGIT_REPO_URL git@foo.org:$CGIT_REPO_URL

# Specify the css url
css=/css/cgit.css


# Show owner on index page
enable-index-owner=1


# Allow http transport git clone
enable-http-clone=1


# Show extra links for each repository on the index page
enable-index-links=1


# Enable ASCII art commit history graph on the log pages
enable-commit-graph=1


# Show number of affected files per commit on the log pages
enable-log-filecount=1


# Show number of added/removed lines per commit on the log pages
enable-log-linecount=1


# Sort branches by date
branch-sort=age


# Add a cgit favicon
favicon=/favicon.ico


# Use a custom logo
logo=/img/mylogo.png


# Enable statistics per week, month and quarter
max-stats=quarter


# Set the title and heading of the repository index page
root-title=example.com git repositories


# Set a subheading for the repository index page
root-desc=tracking the foobar development


# Include some more info about example.com on the index page
root-readme=/var/www/htdocs/about.html


# Allow download of tar.gz, tar.bz2 and zip-files
snapshots=tar.gz tar.bz2 zip


##
## List of common mimetypes
##

mimetype.gif=image/gif
mimetype.html=text/html
mimetype.jpg=image/jpeg
mimetype.jpeg=image/jpeg
mimetype.pdf=application/pdf
mimetype.png=image/png
mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml


# Highlight source code with python pygments-based highlighter
source-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.py

# Format markdown, restructuredtext, manpages, text files, and html files
# through the right converters
about-filter=/var/www/cgit/filters/about-formatting.sh

##
## Search for these files in the root of the default branch of repositories
## for coming up with the about page:
##
readme=:README.md
readme=:readme.md
readme=:README.mkd
readme=:readme.mkd
readme=:README.rst
readme=:readme.rst
readme=:README.html
readme=:readme.html
readme=:README.htm
readme=:readme.htm
readme=:README.txt
readme=:readme.txt
readme=:README
readme=:readme
readme=:INSTALL.md
readme=:install.md
readme=:INSTALL.mkd
readme=:install.mkd
readme=:INSTALL.rst
readme=:install.rst
readme=:INSTALL.html
readme=:install.html
readme=:INSTALL.htm
readme=:install.htm
readme=:INSTALL.txt
readme=:install.txt
readme=:INSTALL
readme=:install


##
## List of repositories.
## PS: Any repositories listed when section is unset will not be
##     displayed under a section heading
## PPS: This list could be kept in a different file (e.g. '/etc/cgitrepos')
##      and included like this:
##        include=/etc/cgitrepos
##


repo.url=foo
repo.path=/pub/git/foo.git
repo.desc=the master foo repository
repo.owner=fooman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html


repo.url=bar
repo.path=/pub/git/bar.git
repo.desc=the bars for your foo
repo.owner=barman@example.com
repo.readme=info/web/about.html


# The next repositories will be displayed under the 'extras' heading
section=extras


repo.url=baz
repo.path=/pub/git/baz.git
repo.desc=a set of extensions for bar users

repo.url=wiz
repo.path=/pub/git/wiz.git
repo.desc=the wizard of foo


# Add some mirrored repositories
section=mirrors


repo.url=git
repo.path=/pub/git/git.git
repo.desc=the dscm


repo.url=linux
repo.path=/pub/git/linux.git
repo.desc=the kernel

# Disable adhoc downloads of this repo
repo.snapshots=0

# Disable line-counts for this repo
repo.enable-log-linecount=0

# Restrict the max statistics period for this repo
repo.max-stats=month
....


BUGS
----
Comments currently cannot appear on the same line as a setting; the comment
will be included as part of the value. E.g. this line:

	robots=index  # allow indexing

will generate the following html element:

	<meta name='robots' content='index  # allow indexing'/>



AUTHOR
------
Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>