Author: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
cgitrc.5.txt: Specify when scan-path must be defined before. Several options must be specified prior to scan-path. This is consistant source of user confusion. Document these facts. Suggested-by: Lukas Fleischer <cgit@cryptocrack.de> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
cgitrc.5.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt index 39b031eacaa56337508c9f4ab84cb1fd12fb356b..9b803b372ad97832b245f0e1b8adf78ac8d1d388 100644 --- a/cgitrc.5.txt +++ b/cgitrc.5.txt @@ -163,11 +163,12 @@ enable-git-config:: Flag which, when set to "1", will allow cgit to use git config to set any repo specific settings. This option is used in conjunction with - "scan-path" to augment repo-specific settings. The keys gitweb.owner, - gitweb.category, and gitweb.description will map to the cgit keys - repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc, respectivly. All git config - keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped to the corresponding "repo." - key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path, section-from-path. + "scan-path", and must be defined prior, to augment repo-specific + settings. The keys gitweb.owner, gitweb.category, and gitweb.description + will map to the cgit keys repo.owner, repo.section, and repo.desc, + respectivly. All git config keys that begin with "cgit." will be mapped + to the corresponding "repo." key in cgit. Default value: "0". See also: + scan-path, section-from-path. favicon:: Url used as link to a shortcut icon for cgit. If specified, it is @@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ remove-suffix:: If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and - name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path. + name. This must be defined prior to scan-path. Default value: "0". + See also: scan-path. renamelimit:: Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value @@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ be preserved. Default value: "1". See also: section, case-sensitive-sort, repository-sort. section-from-path:: - A number which, if specified before scan-path, specifies how many + A number which, if defined prior to scan-path, specifies how many path elements from each repo path to use as a default section name. If negative, cgit will discard the specified number of path elements above the repo directory. Default value: "0". @@ -396,8 +398,8 @@ strict-export:: Filename which, if specified, needs to be present within the repository for cgit to allow access to that repository. This can be used to emulate gitweb's EXPORT_OK and STRICT_EXPORT functionality and limit cgit's - repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option MUST come - before 'scan-path'. + repositories to match those exported by git-daemon. This option must + be defined prior to scan-path. virtual-root:: Url which, if specified, will be used as root for all cgit links. It