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user-manual: add addition gitweb information
Rework the section on gitweb to add information about the cgi script and the instaweb command. Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
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project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
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gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
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project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install
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Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may
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optionally be enabled.
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The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start
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browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using
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instaweb is lighttpd.
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See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
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linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
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installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
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[[how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history]]
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How to get a Git repository with minimal history
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Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
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CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
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More details on gitweb?
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Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
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Alternates, clone -reference, etc.

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