gitweb serving gitosis repos via apache2 (on ubuntu karmic)

set up gitosis

install packages

sudo aptitude install gitweb apache2

configure gitweb

modify /etc/gitweb.conf:

# path to git projects (.git)
#$projectroot = "/var/cache/git";
$projectroot = "/srv/gitosis/repositories";

# directory to use for temp files
$git_temp = "/tmp";

# target of the home link on top of all pages
#$home_link = $my_uri || "/";

# html text to include at home page
$home_text = "indextext.html";

# file with project list; by default, simply scan the projectroot dir.
#$projects_list = $projectroot;
$projects_list = "/srv/gitosis/gitosis/projects.list";

# stylesheet to use
#$stylesheet = "/gitweb.css";
$stylesheet = "/git/gitweb.css";

# logo to use
#$logo = "/git-logo.png";
$logo = "/git/git-logo.png";                                                   

# the 'favicon'
#$favicon = "/git-favicon.png";
$favicon = "/git/git-favicon.png";

configure apache2

create /etc/apache2/conf.d/git with this content:

<Directory /var/www/git>
       Allow from all
       AllowOverride all
       Order allow,deny
       Options ExecCGI
       <Files gitweb.cgi>
               SetHandler cgi-script
       </Files>
</Directory>
DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
SetEnv  GITWEB_CONFIG  /etc/gitweb.conf

make files visible to apache2

sudo mkdir /var/www/git
sudo cp /usr/share/gitweb/* /var/www/git
sudo cp /usr/lib/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi /var/www/git
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
chmod 0755 /srv/gitosis/repositories/test_repo.git


configure gitosis


git clone gitosis@localhost:gitosis-admin.git
cd gitosis-admin

modify gitosis.conf, add the following:

[repo test_repo]
gitweb = yes
description = one line test repo description
owner = first_name last_name

save the configuration and push it back to gitosis

git add gitosis.conf
git ci -m "publishing test_repo via gitweb"
git push origin master


try it out

open http://localhost/git and see test_repo.git in column titled "Project"

references

• how to install a public git repository on a debian server


• daniel baumann debian cheatpages on gitosis


• /usr/share/doc/gitosis/examples/example.conf (installed with gitosis package)