diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
index ccda890c0ef1b2d1fb1c451d3f9a10d97817c8f6..9056d1e090b314cfa617ccd8aa03047b3aea23b4 100644 (file)
--- a/gitweb/README
+++ b/gitweb/README
DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb
- AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)? /pub/git$1$3
+ AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)?$ /pub/git$1$3
<Directory /var/www/gitweb>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script cgi
will provide human-friendly gitweb access.
+This solution is not 100% bulletproof, in the sense that if some project
+has a named ref (branch, tag) starting with 'git/', then paths such as
+
+http://git.example.com/project/command/abranch..git/abranch
+
+will fail with a 404 error.
+
+
Originally written by:
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>