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Subject: Re: Why gitweb commitdiff NO diff output ?
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"Dongsheng Song" <dongsheng.song@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks, now that's OK.
>
>> I am not sure what version of gitweb your distribution packages,
>> but it used to be that commitdiff page wanted to create
>> temporary file somewhere on the filesystem (the variable was
>> $git_temp and by default it was set to "/tmp/gitweb", I think).
>> Your other pages such as commit and log page seem to be working,
>> so perhaps your gitweb has trouble writing there only on that
>> machine?

Care to share your experience to help others?

If it was /tmp/gitweb permission problem then the newer gitweb
shouldn't have that issue so it would be a moot point, but if
the pitfall still applies to the current software we might want
to add a "common pitfals" section to gitweb/README.