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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Al Haraka <alharaka@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Gitweb 1.7.5 and Textconv Configuration
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:57:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110702195735.GA15542@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALWDD1zrOUwS2FeQs1SsFuLnaDzhCHZVFLvFXv7aLex1K2v5zw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 10:18:55PM +0300, Al Haraka wrote:

> > which will make the repository-wide non-version-controlled gitattributes
> > the same as the last committed version. The problem is that it won't be
> > automatically updated as you commit and push changes to .gitattributes.
> 
> I thought my plan was to try and avoid this by using the
> core.attributesfile directive, forcing this stuff to operate system
> (well, account, besides the point here) wide on all repos with
> specifying a .gitattributes (or, since it base bare, as you pointed
> out yourself, $GIT_REPO_DIR/info/attributes) every single time.  Did I
> misunderstand the mailing list thread that mentioned this a while
> back?

Ah, I see. That seems like a reasonable solution. Are you sure that the
user running gitweb as a CGI is the same as the user you log in as? That
is, are you sure that ~/.gitconfig is being parsed when it is called as
a CGI, and it's not looking in ~www/.gitconfig or something?

It would depend how your hosting is set up.

> This is the reason I went through the trouble of compiling an updated
> version in my account (as opposed to the installed version on the
> Dreamhost box; they are stuck at version 1.7.1.1; I saw this mentioned
> on a thread somewhere and wanted to get the "latest" (well latest
> stable version) to avoid this kind of problem?  Was that the right
> thing to do?  Will it even work in this case?  I get the feeling from
> your response I was expecting a lot with RTFM'ing more.

It sounds like it should work to me, but I've not tested it (nor do I
even run gitweb; I just have an interest in textconv).

> Thanks again for your help.  I really appreciate it.  I am new to git,
> but LOVE what you guys have being doing.  I never used any DRCS before
> this, personally or professionally, but read snippets of howtos and so
> much good press I decided it was time I mooch off you guys to organize
> my life.  :-)

You're welcome. Hopefully we can resolve your problem and get the answer
at least in the list archive. And then you will have made the world a
better place. :)

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-02 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-02  9:50 Gitweb 1.7.5 and Textconv Configuration Al Haraka
2011-07-02 10:43 ` Jeff King
2011-07-02 10:44   ` Jeff King
2011-07-02 11:14     ` Al Haraka
2011-07-02 18:57       ` Jeff King
2011-07-02 19:18         ` Al Haraka
2011-07-02 19:57           ` Jeff King [this message]
2011-07-02 20:23             ` Jakub Narebski
2011-07-02 21:10               ` Jeff King
2011-07-02 21:22                 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-07-02 21:10               ` Al Haraka
2011-07-06 13:59   ` Jakub Narebski
2011-07-06 15:13     ` [PATCH] docs: document --textconv diff option Jeff King

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