SYNOPSIS

A simple script to set up and a web server for browsing the localrepository.

OPTIONS

  • -l
  • —local

  • Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1).

  • -d

  • —httpd

  • -m

  • —module-path

  • -p

  • —port

  • The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)

  • -b

  • —browser

  • The web browser that should be used to view the gitwebpage. This will be passed to the git web{litdd}browse helperscript along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See for more information about this. Ifthe script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.

  • start

  • —start

  • stop

  • —stop

  • Stop the httpd instance and exit. This does not generateany of the configuration files for spawning a new instance,nor does it close the browser.

  • restart

  • —restart
  • Restart the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration filesas necessary for spawning a new instance.

You may specify configuration in your .git/config

  1. [instaweb]
  2.     local = true
  3.     httpd = apache2 -f
  4.     port = 4321
  5.     browser = konqueror

If the configuration variable is not set, will be used instead if it is defined. Seegit-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this.

SEE ALSO

Part of the git[1] suite