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
   <https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gitweb> 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
   <https://github.com/broquaint/Gitalist>, 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 <https://perl.apache.org/> 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.

   class
       If you want a different way of surfacing repositories you can use
       your own model (i.e something that composes
       Gitalist::Git::CollectionOfRepositories) and specify the class name
       with this config option.

   args
       Any additional arguments to be passed into the Model constructor,
       only of use when used in conjunction with "class" (see above).

 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
   <http://www.fastcgi.com/drupal/node/3> or mod_fcgid
   <https://httpd.apache.org/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:

       <VirtualHost *:80>
           ServerName gitalist.yourdomain.com
           DocumentRoot /path/to/gitalist.fcgi
           <Directory "/path/to/gitalist.fcgi">
               AllowOverride all
               Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
               Order allow,deny
               Allow from all
           </Directory>

           # Tell Apache this is a FastCGI application
           <Files gitalist.fcgi>
               #change the below to fastcgi-script if using mod_fcgi
               SetHandler fcgid-script
           </Files>
       </VirtualHost>

   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 <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html> 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 <[email protected]>
       © 2009, Tom Doran <[email protected]>
       © 2009, Zac Stevens <[email protected]>

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

     Model based on http://github.com/rafl/gitweb
       © 2008, Florian Ragwitz

LICENSE
   Licensed under GNU GPL v2