NAME
   Gitalist - A modern git web viewer

SYNOPSIS
       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 git 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, and a number of people have active
   forks with branches and/or new features in the master branch.

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]$ ./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 confg, 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
       export PERL5LIB=/home/t0m/public_html/Gitalist/lib:/home/t0m/perl5/lib/perl5:$PERL5LIB
       exec /home/t0m/public_html/Gitalist/script/gitalist_fastcgi.pl

   This example can be seen live here:

       http://goatse.co.uk/~bobtfish/Gitalist/script/gitalist.fcgi/

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:
       (C) 2009 Venda Ltd and Dan Brook <[email protected]>
       (C) 2009, Tom Doran <[email protected]>
       (C) 2009, Zac Stevens <[email protected]>

     Original gitweb.cgi from which this was derived:
       (C) 2005-2006, Kay Sievers <[email protected]>
       (C) 2005, Christian Gierke

     Model based on http://github.com/rafl/gitweb
       (C) 2008, Florian Ragwitz

LICENSE
   Licensed under GNU GPL v2