From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tarmigan Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smart-http documentation: add example of how to execute from userdir Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:06:59 -0500 Message-ID: <905315640912272006o6a8fecddiebb66cc243593fad@mail.gmail.com> References: <1261847255-13970-1-git-send-email-tarmigan+git@gmail.com> <20091227211557.GC609@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: "Shawn O. Pearce" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Dec 28 05:08:54 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NP6uZ-0001EE-6e for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:08:51 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751048AbZL1EHV convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:07:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750995AbZL1EHU (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:07:20 -0500 Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com ([209.85.160.42]:62872 "EHLO mail-pw0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750913AbZL1EHT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:07:19 -0500 Received: by pwj9 with SMTP id 9so6086552pwj.21 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:07:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5frgqpVJgkz5XSa6zYY9eBz/gXcnhh/gqTRmE5JlN/o=; b=dvW33xhED9sxpH4rdIPmf7/SXlmh6WA/MdrAek2txkb6r2EGuL+kRDbYGMF+db9MNp Udk5DF3FHzgiGYfuVW1MmDf+VdujECaoNvKjdxgbRAEIvJ2Ujz8Ef8gheDS5fOrHmH/e 4t6FR3W+vA3dZmpZEIJeeYd+1lvIzz6vafPfc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=UxtCo8rh5/5e73xtDv0/NXiltZPxO4TG34TNGA17OuJ5eDJWIWeVhXx9sMUt2WZzmA eazz/DYArsiHONhwMjqVCzKCzGCvWmBbjR+Fsxf8VwU0ftf8Ep3oBQ772AJBPxVeYaqM Pzgk56dU5SRDHVmtbVqwvGaGFVlgweq/Il5Uo= Received: by 10.143.25.29 with SMTP id c29mr10160711wfj.255.1261973239117; Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:07:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091227211557.GC609@spearce.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7399d18e73ca6b18 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Shawn O. Pearce = wrote: > Tarmigan Casebolt wrote: >> Smart-http may be an attactive and easy way for people to setup git >> hosting on shared servers whose primary web server configuration the= y >> do not control. =A0To facilite this, provide an example of how it ma= y be >> done. > ... >> + =A0 =A0 =A0 \~/public_html/cgi-bin/.htaccess: >> ++ >> +---------------------------------------------------------------- >> +SetHandler cgi-script >> +Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch >> +SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/$username/devel >> +---------------------------------------------------------------- > > At this point, isn't this just easier? > > =A0mkdir ~/public_html/git > =A0vi ~/public_html/git/.htaccess > > =A0SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/$username/devel > =A0ScriptAlias / /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ Yes, that would be perfect. But ScriptAlias is only valid in the "server config" or "virtual host" contexts which is why the symlink/copy executable convolutions might be needed. Can you see a simpler way around it? Thanks, Tarmigan