NAME Gitalist - A modern git web viewer SYNOPSIS perl script/gitalist_server.pl --repo_dir /home/me/code/git INSTALL As Gitalist follows the usual Perl module format the usual approach for installation should work, e.g.: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install or cpan -i Gitalist You can also check Gitalist out from its git repository and run it, in this case you'll additionally need the author modules, but no configuration will be needed as it will default to looking for repositories the directory above the checkout. DESCRIPTION Gitalist is a web frontend for git repositories based on gitweb.cgi and backed by Catalyst. History This project started off as an attempt to port *gitweb.cgi* to a Catalyst app in a piecemeal fashion. As it turns out, thanks largely to Florian Ragwitz's earlier effort, it was easier to use *gitweb.cgi* as a template for building a new Catalyst application. GETTING GITALIST You can install Gitalist from CPAN in the usual way: cpan -i Gitalist Alternatively, you can get Gitalist using git. The canonical repository for the master branch is: git://git.shadowcat.co.uk/catagits/Gitalist.git Gitalist is also mirrored to GitHub at , and a number of people have active forks with branches and/or new features in the master branch. BOOTSTRAPPING As of 0.002001 Gitalist can now be bootstrapped to run out of its own directory by installing its prerequisites locally with the help of local::lib. So instead of installing the prerequisites to the system path with CPAN they are installed under the Gitalist directory. To do this clone Gitalist from the Shadowcat repository mentioned above or grab a snapshot from broquaint's GitHub repository: https://github.com/broquaint/Gitalist/downloads With the source acquired and unpacked run the following from within the Gitalist directory: perl script/bootstrap.pl This will install the necessary modules for the build process which in turn installs the prerequisites locally. NB: The relevant bootstrap scripts aren't available in the CPAN dist as the bootstrap scripts should not be installed. INITIAL CONFIGURATION Gitalist is configured using Catalyst::Plugin::Configloader. The supplied sample configuration is in Config::General format, however it is possible to configure Gitalist using other config file formats (such as YAML) if you prefer. WHEN CHECKING GITALIST OUT OF GIT Gitalist from git includes a minimal "gitalist_local.conf", which sets the repository directory to one directory higher than the Gitalist repository. This means that if you check Gitalist out next to your other git checkouts, then starting the demo server needs no parameters at all: Gitalist [master]$ perl script/gitalist_server.pl You can connect to your server at http://localhost:3000 FOR CPAN INSTALLS Gitalist can be supplied with a config file by setting the "GITALIST_CONFIG" environment variable to point to a configuration file. If you install Gitalist from CPAN, a default configuration is installed along with gitalist, which is complete except for a repository directory. You can get a copy of this configuration by running: cp `perl -Ilib -MGitalist -e'print Gitalist->path_to("gitalist.conf")'` gitalist.conf You can then edit this configuration, adding a "repo_dir" path and customising other settings as desired. You can then start the Gitalist demo server by setting "GITALIST_CONFIG". For example: GITALIST_CONFIG=/usr/local/etc/gitalist.conf gitalist_server.pl Alternatively, if you only want to set a repository directory and are otherwise happy with the default configuration, then you can set the "GITALIST_REPO_DIR" environment variable, or pass the "--repo_dir" flag to any of the scripts. GITALIST_REPO_DIR=/home/myuser/code/git gitalist_server.pl gitalist_server.pl --repo_dir home/myuser/code/git The "GITALIST_REPO_DIR" environment variable will override the repository directory set in configuration, and will itself be overridden by he "--repo_dir" flag. RUNNING Once you have followed the instructions above to install and configure Gitalist, you may want to run it in a more production facing environment than using the single threaded developement server. The recommended deployment method for Gitalist is FastCGI, although Gitalist can also be run under mod_perl or as pure Perl with Catalyst::Engine::PreFork. Assuming that you have installed Gitalist's dependencies into a local::lib, and you are running from a git checkout, adding a trivial FCGI script as "script/gitalist.fcgi" (this file is specifically in ".gitignore" so you can have your own copy): #!/bin/sh exec /home/t0m/public_html/Gitalist/script/gitalist_fastcgi.pl This example can be seen live here: http://example.gitalist.com Plack If you would like to run Gitalist under Plack then one need only make use of plackup and the ".psgi" found under "scripts/": plackup script/gitalist_app.psgi CONFIGURATION The Gitalist config is loaded with Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader and the available config options are: no_gravatars If true don't display gravatars. May be desirable if you are worried about leaking repo names via the browser referer headers. Model::CollectionOfRepos repo_dir A directory containing the directories to show. repos A list of directories containing repositories to show. search_recursively A boolean indicating whether to always search recursively for repositories within "repo_dir". whitelist Path a file containing a list of repositories that can be shown. Each line in the file will represent the name of a repo to show e.g Gitalist some-bare-repo.git This is compatible with "gitweb"'s "projects.list". export_ok If provided every must contain a file of the same name to be visible. This is similar to "gitweb"'s functionality. paging log The number of commits to show in the summary, shortlog and longlog views. FASTCGI Running Gitalist in FastCGI mode requires a webserver with FastCGI support (such as apache with mod_fcgi or mod_fcgid ). Below is a sample configuration using Apache2 with mod_fcgid in a dynamic configuration (as opposed to static or standalone mode). More information on these modes and their configuration can be found at "Standalone server mode" in Catalyst::Engine::FastCGI. In Apache's mime.conf, add "AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi" (or "AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi" for mod_fcgi). And a quick VirtualHost configuration: ServerName gitalist.yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /path/to/gitalist.fcgi AllowOverride all Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Order allow,deny Allow from all # Tell Apache this is a FastCGI application #change the below to fastcgi-script if using mod_fcgi SetHandler fcgid-script Now to access your Gitalist instance, you'll go to "gitalist.yourdomain.com/gitalist.fcgi/" (do not forget that trailing "/"). If you'd like a different URL, of course, you'll likely want to use mod_rewrite or equivalent. If you find the need to do some troubleshooting, you can call "http://url_to_gitalist.fcgi?dump_info=1" and/or add export "GITALIST_DEBUG=1" to the top of your gitalist.fcgi file (just below the shebang line). Apache config Apache will refuse %2F in Gitalist URLs unless configured otherwise. Make sure "AllowEncodedSlashes On" is in your httpd.conf file in order for this to run smoothly. To have the static content served statically by Apache, instead of Gitalist, then add something like following line to your httpd.conf: Alias /static /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/Gitalist/root/static CONTRIBUTING Patches are welcome, please feel free to fork on github and send pull requests, send patches from git format-patch to the bug tracker, or host your own copy of gitalist somewhere and ask us to pull from it. SUPPORT Gitalist has an active irc community in "#gitalist" on irc.perl.org, please feel free to stop by and ask questions, report bugs or installation issues or generally for a chat about where we plan to go with the project. SEE ALSO Gitalist::Controller::Root Gitalist::Git::Repository Catalyst AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT Catalyst application: © 2009 Venda Ltd and Dan Brook © 2009, Tom Doran © 2009, Zac Stevens Original gitweb.cgi from which this was derived: © 2005-2006, Kay Sievers © 2005, Christian Gierke Model based on http://github.com/rafl/gitweb © 2008, Florian Ragwitz LICENSE Licensed under GNU GPL v2