From: "Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@cox.net>
To: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, "Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@cox.net>
Subject: [PATCH V2] user-manual: add addition gitweb information
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:25:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1451517920-30703-1-git-send-email-ischis2@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqoad7d1g0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
Rework the section on gitweb to add information about the cgi script
and the instaweb command.
Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
---
Notes:
Removed wording duplication in the first paragraph.
Added explicit gitweb reference with regard to instaweb.
Fixed two spelling errors.
Documentation/user-manual.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 1c790ac..226b972 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2125,8 +2125,17 @@ Allowing web browsing of a repository
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
-project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
-gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
+project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install
+Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may
+optionally be enabled.
+
+The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start
+browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using
+instaweb is lighttpd.
+
+See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
+linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
+installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
[[sharing-development-examples]]
Examples
@@ -4651,8 +4660,6 @@ documentation.
Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
-More details on gitweb?
-
Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
Alternates, clone -reference, etc.
--
2.7.0-rc2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-30 23:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-30 21:26 [PATCH] user-manual: add addition gitweb information Stephen P. Smith
2015-12-30 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-12-30 23:25 ` Stephen P. Smith [this message]
2015-12-30 23:29 ` [PATCH V2] " Junio C Hamano
2015-12-31 0:13 ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2015-12-31 0:23 ` Stephen & Linda Smith
2015-12-31 0:44 ` Junio C Hamano
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