From b3f52a9c3a5d02a6d1a3d05fe35deb90b70de510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:19:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: document $per_request_config better Global variables $my_url, $my_uri and $base_url have subtle interactions that need to be desribed, and can be influenced most cleanly by $per_request_config. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Acked-by: Jakub Narebski Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- gitweb/README | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README index 6646fdaed..4a673933a 100644 --- a/gitweb/README +++ b/gitweb/README @@ -177,13 +177,15 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build): * $my_url, $my_uri Full URL and absolute URL of gitweb script; in earlier versions of gitweb you might have need to set those - variables, now there should be no need to do it. + variables, now there should be no need to do it. See + $per_request_config if you need to set them still. * $base_url Base URL for relative URLs in pages generated by gitweb, (e.g. $logo, $favicon, @stylesheets if they are relative URLs), needed and used only for URLs with nonempty PATH_INFO via . Usually gitweb sets its value correctly, and there is no need to set this variable, e.g. to $my_uri or "/". + See $per_request_config if you need to set it anyway. * $home_link Target of the home link on top of all pages (the first part of view "breadcrumbs"). By default set to absolute URI of a page ($my_uri). @@ -252,7 +254,10 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build): sub { $ENV{GL_USER} = $cgi->remote_user || "gitweb"; } Otherwise it is treated as boolean value: if true gitweb would process config file once per request, if false it would process config file only - once. The default is true. + once. Note: $my_url, $my_uri, and $base_url are overwritten with + their default values before every request, so if you want to change + them, be sure to set this variable to true or a code reference effecting + the desired changes. The default is true. Projects list file format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.30.2